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 | |