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The distinctly raccoon-like markings of a raccoon dog's face. The winter fur is long and thick with dense underfur and coarse guard hairs measuring 120 millimetres (4.7 in) in length. The winter fur protects common raccoon dogs from low temperatures ranging down to −20 to −25 °C (−4 to −13 °F).
Baylisascaris procyonis, also known by the common name raccoon roundworm, is a roundworm nematode, found ubiquitously in raccoons, the definitive hosts. It is named after H. A. Baylis, who studied them in the 1920s–30s, and Greek askaris (intestinal worm). [ 2 ]
Stylized raccoon skin as depicted on the Raccoon Priests gorget found at Spiro Mounds. In the mythology of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the raccoon is the subject of folk tales. [313] Stories such as "How raccoons catch so many crayfish" from the Tuscarora centered on its skills at foraging. [314]
The raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula), also known as the crescent-masked butterflyfish, lunule butterflyfish, halfmoon butterflyfish, moon butterflyfish, raccoon butterfly, raccoon, raccoon coralfish, and redstriped butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found ...