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	Raccoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Raccoons are nocturnal mammals in the genus Procyon of the Procyonidae family.
		Raccoons are unusual for their thumbs, which (though not opposable) enable them to open many closed containers (such as garbage cans) and doors.
		Raccoons can live in the city or in the wild, but are not normally kept as pets but it is not entirely uncommon to hear of a pet raccoon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raccoon (940 words)

	Common Raccoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor), also known as the Northern Raccoon, Racoon, or Coon, is a widespread, medium-sized, omnivorous mammal of North America.
		Raccoons are common throughout North America from southern Canada to Panama.
		Raccoons that live in cities, however, and thus in proximity to humans, are usually a little less so.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Raccoon (708 words)

	Raccoon - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Raccoon, carnivorous mammal, found throughout the United States, southern Canada, and Central and South America, whose head is broad, tapering to a pointed muzzle, and whose ears are short and erect.
		Raccoons are grayish-brown above and light gray beneath, with fl cheek patches that narrow into a vertical stripe extending from the space between the eyes to the top of the head.
		A raccoon ranges in length from 0.62 to 1 m (2 to 3.3 ft), including its tail, which is 20 to 40 cm (8 to 16 in) long.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761568954/Raccoon.html (429 words)

	Procyon lotor [raccoon]
		The raccoon's body is stocky and generally weighs from six to seven kilograms; weight varies with habitat and region as well.
		Raccoons are nocturnal and seldom active in the daytime.
		Raccoons are extremely adaptable and continue to thrive despite the encroachment of civilization on their range.
	www.lfwildlife.org /raccoon_facts.html (969 words)

	Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
		The raccoon is most distinguishable by the fl "mask" of fur around its eyes and the long, bushy tail with anywhere from four to ten fl rings on it.
		This is primarily seen in captive raccoons and is thought to simulate the catching of crayfish, a raccoon favorite, in an aquatic environment.
		The only semi-permanent grouping of raccoons is that of a mother and her young although the male will often stay with the mother for about a month before breeding and until the young are born.
	www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/Raccoon.asp (462 words)

	CT DEP: Raccoon Fact Sheet
		Raccoons are harvested each year during the regulated hunting and trapping seasons, providing recreation for many Connecticut sportsmen and helping to control local raccoon populations.
		Raccoons may also serve as host to a number of other disease pathogens which are transmissible to humans and domestic animals, including trichinosis, tuberculosis, round worm, infectious enteritis and coccidiosis.
		Sometimes, a female raccoon can be encouraged to move her young to another location by the use of repellents, such as ammonia or moth balls, combined with a light and noise from a portable radio placed near the damper.
	dep.state.ct.us /burnatr/wildlife/factshts/raccoon.htm (1137 words)

	Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
		Raccoons are primarily inhabitants of broadleaf woodlands, although they are rather common in the mixed-pine forests of southeastern Texas.
		A young raccoon was seen using a crow’s nest some 6 m up in a willow tree as a daytime bed.
		Raccoons do not exhibit the marked physiological changes — reduced temperature, reduced rate of respiration and heart beat, insensibility to pain — that characterize true hibernation.
	www.nsrl.ttu.edu /tmot1/procloto.htm (640 words)

	Biogeography of Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
		The variations in raccoon coat coloration mostly depend on geographic location, where the darkest coat colors are in the most humid climates, the lighter colored coats in the dryer, desert climates, and in the southeast coastal regions the coats have a lighter, reddish color.
		Raccoons have two ways of eating, dry feeding and dabbling; both are done while the raccoon gazes away into space and uses its acute sense of touch to investigate its meal.
		Raccoons have both the carnivore carnassial shear, to feed on flesh, and the expanded molars for crushing.
	bss.sfsu.edu /geog/bholzman/courses/Fall00Projects/raccoon.html (2020 words)

	Procyonids: Raccoons, Rigntails & Coatis
		The raccoon is the most familiar of these, but mostly because people have seen it in other parts of the country.
		Unlike raccoons and coatis, ringtails don’t walk on the soles of their feet, one reason they are sometimes placed in their own family (Bassariscidae).
		Raccoons are nocturnal and usually solitary, unless they congregate at man-made food sources such as picnic areas or campgrounds.
	www.desertmuseum.org /books/nhsd_procyonids.html (1075 words)

	Raccoon - The Racoons of British Columbia, Canada. Raccoons in BC
		Biology - The raccoon inhabits hollow trees and logs for homes and often use the ground burrows of other animals for raising their young or for sleeping during the coldest part of the winter months.
		Often seen washing their food, the raccoon is actually feeling for matter that should be rejected as the wetting of the paws enhances its sense of feel.
		The raccoon has five toes and usually the claw marks are evident in the print.
	www.fishbc.com /adventure/wilderness/animals/raccoon.htm (318 words)

	Raccoon - (Procyon lotor)
		In Missouri, raccoons prefer a hardwood timbered habitat which may be either a dense forest, or only a narrow stand of trees bordering a river or some other water area such as a lake, pond, swamp or marsh.
		Raccoons are nocturnal, doing most of their foraging and prowling from dusk to dawn.
		Raccoons eat insects and mice, and a raccoon family living in the cavities of big timber is a valuable addition to the wildlife community.
	www.mdc.mo.gov /nathis/mammals/raccoon (1132 words)

	Raccoon, Procyon lotor, damage control and management information
		The raccoon (Procyon lotor), also called “coon,” is a stocky mammal about 2 to 3 feet (61 to 91 cm) long, weighing 10 to 30 pounds (4.5 to 13.5 kg) (rarely 40 to 50 pounds [18 to 22.5 kg]).
		Raccoon populations consist of a high proportion of young animals, with one-half to three-fourths of fall populations normally composed of animals less than 1 year in age.
		Raccoons are excellent climbers and are capable of gaining access by climbing conventional fences or by using overhanging limbs to bypass the fence.
	icwdm.org /handbook/carnivor/Raccoons.asp (3038 words)

	The Gable's Raccoon FAQs - answers to frequently asked questions
		Adult raccoons may be anywhere from 24 to 40 inches in length (including 8-12 inches for tail) and weigh 14 to 40 pounds depending upon locale (larger raccoons in the north) and sex (males are larger than females).
		Raccoons depend on wetland and aquatic habitats for a large portion of their food (frogs, crayfish, turtles and insects that live in the water) and are seldom found far from water.
		Raccoon rabies is a strain of rabies carried mainly by raccoons.
	www.geocities.com /RainForest/Vines/4892/raccoonfaq.html (4153 words)

	Racoon
		Raccoons are known carriers of rabies, canine distemper, encephalitis, histoplasmosis, trypanosomiasis, coccidiosis, toxoplasmosis, tularemia, tuberculosis, listeriosis, leptospirosis, roundworms, and mange.
		Raccoons may be kept away from roof areas by trimming tree branches 10 feet from roof and by keeping climbing plants trimmed away from roof and eave areas.
		Raccoons causing lawn and turf damage may be encouraged to leave by controlling the grub worms or other subsoil insects that raccoons eat.
	www.holoweb.com /cannon/racoon.htm (2063 words)

	BioKIDS - Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species, Critter Catalog, Procyon lotor, raccoon
		Raccoons are native to both the Neotropical and Nearctic regions, but have also been introduced to the Palearctic region.
		Raccoons are extremely adaptable, being found in many kinds of habitats and easily living near humans.
		Raccoons tend to stay by themselves; however, a mother and her young will stay together for a period after birth.
	www.biokids.umich.edu /critters/information/Procyon_lotor.html (1312 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Raccoon
		Raccoons are usually a grizzled grey in colour with a tail marked by five to 10 alternating fl and brown rings.
		Raccoons in northern latitudes tend to be heavier (6 to 8 kg) than their southern counterparts (4 kg).
		Raccoon populations are thriving in most areas, and the species appears secure from any population decline in the foreseeable future.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?id=101 (2002 words)

	Lioncrusher's Domain -- Raccoon (Procyon lotor) facts and pictures
		The coat color depends largely on the climate in which they live; raccoons that live in humid, dense forests tend to have darker coats, and those that live in arid climates tend to have red or buff colored coats.
		Raccoons' tails are very bushy, and are used for balance as well as for storing fat in the wintertime.
		Raccoons are polygamous, and will mate with any raccoon of the opposite sex that wanders by within its range.
	www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=82 (742 words)

	eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail
		Because of the danger of rabies, raccoons should not be encouraged to feed on porches, and their dung should not be left around buildings where humans and pets can come into contact with it.
		Raccoons also harbor a nematode (or roundworm) that, although harmless to the raccoon, is very dangerous and often fatal to woodrats and probably to many other mammals, including humans.
		Raccoon pelts were valuable until the fur industry declined; interest in the animal’s fur probably peaked during the 1920s, when owning a coonskin coat was a collegiate craze.
	www.enature.com /fieldguides/detail.asp?recnum=MA0029 (986 words)

	Procyon
		Procyon A is a main-sequence star just beginning its evolution off the main sequence, and is often designated as belonging to evolutionary class IV-V to indicate its borderline status between dwarf and subgiant stages.
		Procyon B is the degenerate remnant of what was once a much larger, brighter, and hotter star that eventually shed its hydrogen envelope to leave behind the ultradense carbon-helium core.
		Raccoons mate in winter or early spring and generally give birth to one litter per year after a gestation period of about two months; parental care is normally provided solely by the mother and lasts about a year before offspring achieve independence and sexual maturity.
	astro.berkeley.edu /~dperley/procyon.html (668 words)

	Raccoon: Nature Snapshots from Minnesota DNR: Minnesota DNR
		General description: Raccoons are the size of a small dog and have heavy fur streaked in brown, fl, and gray.
		Raccoons eat nuts, berries, insects, frogs, crayfish, garden vegetables, grain, rodents, animal remains, and garbage.
		Raccoons are found throughout the state, but are rare in the extreme northeast.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /snapshots/mammals/raccoon.html (294 words)

	Procyon lotor (Linnaeus); Raccoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Raccoons prefer moist, forested areas such as timbered swamps and the banks of streams, rivers, and lakes.
		Raccoons are omnivorous and feed on wild fruits, berries, shellfish, crustaceans, fish, reptiles, birds, and small mammals.
		A canine distemper epizootic reduced the Cades Cove raccoon population an average of 67.9% from March 1973 to March 1974 (Keeler, 1978a).
	www.discoverlife.org /nh/tx/Vertebrata/Mammalia/Procyonidae/Procyon/lotor (790 words)

	Animal Tracks - Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
		In fact, the densest population of raccoons in New York is in New York City.
		Raccoon scat is tubular and blunt on the ends.
		Raccoons are well known for their curiosity and mischievousness.
	www.bear-tracker.com /coon.html (1250 words)

	Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
		The new reason scientists think raccoons wash their food is to press it and squash it to make sure there are no sharp bones or dangerous bits in the food.
		Because many of the raccoon’s natural habitat areas are being destroyed, it moves in closer to man, using the same habitat, and even eating the same foods as people.
		Raccoons are usually nocturnal (night animals), but in warm states, like Florida, they often come out during the day.
	pelotes.jea.com /raccoon.htm (886 words)

	Species Ecology - Raccoon (Procyon lotor) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The raccoon is a member of the family Procyonidae and is distinguished by its fl facial mask and ringed tail.
		Raccoons are omnivorous, consuming equal amounts of plant and animal matter, but the proportion varies seasonally and with availability.
		Raccoons are susceptible to several noteworthy diseases, including one having importance to humans (rabies) and another that may significantly reduce local raccoon populations (canine distemper).
	www.cfr.msstate.edu /predator/raccoon.html (418 words)

	Racoon
		Raccoons are known for their bandit's mask; a broad fl mask across their eyes and cheeks.
		Raccoons are also susceptible to rabies and canine distemper.
		Raccoons are trapped for their furs and for their fat which is a good lubricant for leather and machinery.
	www.northern.edu /natsource/MAMMALS/Racoon1.htm (1015 words)

	NatureWorks- Raccoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The raccoon's toes are flexible and it is very good at grabbing, pulling things apart and holding things.
		The raccoon can be found in most of the United States except for parts of the Rocky Mountains, central Nevada, Utah and Arizona.
		The mother raccoon is very protective of her young and will attack predators that come too close.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/raccoon.htm (462 words)

	Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
		The raccoon is a medium-sized mammal with a fl mask and ringed tail.
		Raccoons usually live alone, and the father does not help the mother to raise the babies.
		Often, the raccoons that get hit by cars are the sick ones (or maybe they were trying to eat other road kills).
	pelotes.jea.com /AnimalFact/Mammal/raccoon.htm (688 words)

	Species Description - Wellesley
		Raccoons have variable voices; females twitter to reassure their young, but both sexes growl and snarl when angry or threatened.
		* Raccoon meat is edible, and its distinctive fur patterns have been seen on such celebrities as Daniel Boone, with his coonskin cap.
		Currently, diseased animals occur infrequently, and low-density populations "escape" the disease, since raccoons who pass it on are rare.
	www.wellesley.edu /Biology/Web/Species/araccoon.html (273 words)

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