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Common name: Raccoon |
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Species: Procyon lotor |
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Description: Raccoons are well-known for their distinctive black mask and ringed tail. Their coat has a grizzled appearance, with overall color ranging from gray to chocolate brown. The average adult weights 15 to 25 pounds with occasional large animals reaching as much as 35 pounds. |
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Habitat: Raccoons are highly adaptable animals and are found over most of the U.S. and southern Canada. They are often found along streams, lake shores, and marshes, but they also live in upland areas. Although they are good swimmers, they usually stay in shallow water. Raccoons are common in suburban areas and around farms. |
Food: They are omnivorous and eat a wide variety of foods. During late summer and fall they eat large quantities of fruits, grains and acorns. They are efficient predators, feeding upon nesting birds, eggs, fish, frogs, crayfish and insects. |
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Range: Southern Canada through most of U.S. except for portions of the Rocky Mountains, central Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. |
Reproduction: Raccoons breed from February to April with a gestation period of about nine weeks. An average of two to six young are born in a HotLlow tree, log or other protected den. The young remain with the female until fall and may den with her through the winter. |
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Other: The raccoon has a very distinctive and easily identifiable track. Raccoons go into partial hibernation in winter, either alone or in groups, but they become active during warm spells and thaws. |
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