| adult raccoon | can climb |  |
| can swim | |
| eats corn, fruit, crayfish, grub, insect, fish, frog, turtle, meadow vole, deer mouse, cottontail rabbit, squirrel, bird | |
| fights if cornered | |
| has breeding season January to March | |
| has colour grizzled grey | |
| has good eyesight especially at night | |
| has good hearing | |
| has good sense of touch | |
| has part 5 non-retractile claws on each foot | |
| has part black facial mask | |
| has part long, thick coat | |
| has part short legs | |
| has part short, bushy, ringed tail | |
| has part short, rounded ears | |
| is moderately sociable | |
| is nocturnal | |
| is omnivorous | |
| is sensitive to ground vibrations | |
| is a kind of raccoon | |
| lines den with wood chips | |
| moults in the summer | |
| runs slowly with a rolling gallop | |
| raccoon | becomes dormant in severe winter weather in northern areas | |
| can be tamed | |
| has distribution much of southern Canada except Newfoundland | |
| has Family name Family Procyonidae | |
| has habitat forested areas near water | |
| has name in French raton laveur | |
has picture  | |
| has population density 4 raccoons per square km | |
| has scientific name Procyon lotor | |
| is very intelligent | |
| is eaten by bobcat, red fox, coyote, great horned owl | |
| lives in den in hollow tree, cave, hollow log, stump, burrow, culvert, drain pipe, barrel | |
| was introduced in Prince Edward Island | |
| carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
| is carnivorous or omnivorous | |
| mammal | is warm-blooded | |
| may catch rabies | |
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