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Common racoon (Procyon lotor). Procyonidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes raccoons, coatis, olingos, kinkajous, ring-tailed cats, and cacomistles, and many other extant and extinct mammals.
Melungeon (/ m ə ˈ l ʌ n dʒ ən / mə-LUN-jən) (sometimes also spelled Malungean, Melangean, Melungean, Melungin [3]) was a slur [4] historically applied to individuals and families of mixed-race ancestry with roots in colonial Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina primarily descended from free people of color and white settlers.
A woman with dark skin. Dark skin is a type of human skin color that is rich in melanin pigments. [1] [2] [3] People with dark skin are often referred to as black people, [4] although this usage can be ambiguous in some countries where it is also used to specifically refer to different ethnic groups or populations. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Little People – various fairy/elf-like beings believed in across North America. Some are a couple inches tall and look like humans, some a couple feet and are hairy or look ugly, some take the form of human children. Different types can be mischievous, evil or beneficial. Mesingw – (Algonquian) Lenape name for the spirit of the forests.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 December 2024. "Skin pigmentation" redirects here. For animal skin pigmentation, see Biological pigment. Extended Coloured family from South Africa showing some spectrum of human skin coloration Human skin color ranges from the darkest brown to the lightest hues. Differences in skin color among ...
Peutz–Jeghers syndrome, dark patches on the lips etc. Piebaldism, patchy absence of melanin-producing cells; Vitiligo, a skin condition which causes areas of the skin to lose its colour; Xanthochromism, an unusual yellow colouration in animals; Zelandoperla fenestrata, a stonefly exhibiting a Batesian mimicry melanic polymorphism
Names for the species include the common raccoon, [7] North American raccoon, [8] and northern raccoon. [9] In various North American native languages, the reference to the animal's manual dexterity, or use of its hands is the source for the names. [10] The word raccoon was adopted into English from the native Powhatan term meaning 'animal that ...
An assessment of racism in Trinidad notes people often being described by their skin tone, with the gradations being "HIGH RED – part White, part Black but 'clearer' than Brown-skin: HIGH BROWN – More white than Black, light skinned: DOUGLA – part Indian and part Black: LIGHT SKINNED, or CLEAR SKINNED Some Black, but more White: TRINI ...