Category:Raccoon

Rac*coon" (rak*koon"), n. [f. raton, prop., a little rat, fr. rat Rat, perhaps of german origin. See rat.] (zoöl.)

Defn: a north american nocturnal carnivore (procyon lotor) allied to The bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded With black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach.

Raccoon dog (zoöl.), the tanate. -- raccoon fox (zoöl.), the Cacomixle.