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The Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus), [1] also known by its Japanese name tanuki (Japanese: 狸, タヌキ), [2] is a species of canid endemic to Japan. It is one of two species in the genus Nyctereutes, alongside the common raccoon dog (N. procyonoides), [3] of which it was traditionally thought to be a subspecies (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus).
Taxidermy of a Japanese raccoon dog, wearing waraji on its feet: This tanuki is displayed in a Buddhist temple in Japan, in the area of the folktale "Bunbuku Chagama".. The earliest appearance of the bake-danuki in literature, in the chapter about Empress Suiko in the Nihon Shoki, written during the Nara period, is the passages "in two months of spring, there are tanuki in the country of Mutsu ...
Mujina is an old Japanese term primarily referring to the Japanese badger, but traditionally to the Japanese raccoon dog , causing confusion. [1] [2] Adding to the confusion, it may also refer to the introduced masked palm civet [citation needed], and in some regions badger-like animals or Japanese raccoon dog are also called mami.
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Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus or Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus), a canid mammal native to Japan; Bake-danuki, a type of spirit (yōkai) in Japanese mythology that appears in the form of the mammal; A deadwood bonsai technique; Tanooki Suit, a raccoon-tailed power-up in the Super Mario video game series
The raccoons often approach the home and scratch on windows and walls, but last week she called 911 when she said they trapped her on the property. Video shows nearly 100 raccoons swarming woman's ...
Annual Swedish and Danish common raccoon dog hunts usually result in the capture of two to seven individuals. Between 18,000 and 70,000 Japanese raccoon dogs were killed in Japan from the post-WWII period to 1982. Japan intensified its common raccoon dog culling starting in the 1970s, averaging 4,529 kills annually between 1990 and 1998.