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fyanimaldiversity · 2 years

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Piebald raccoon (Procyon lotor) [x]

#piebald #raccoon #common raccoon #Procyon lotor #mammal #color mutation

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snototter · 1 year

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A raccoon (Procyon lotor) lays among the leaves in Maryland, USA

by Istvan Kerekes

#raccoon #common raccoon #raccoons #procyonids #procyon lotor #procyon #procyonidae #carnivora #mammalia #chordata #wildlife: usa #wildlife: maryland

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geopsych · 11 months

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Surprise! A new fluffy friend in the back garden this morning. I’ve seen raccoons in the woods a short walk away but this is the first I’ve seen here in town.

#pennsylvania #raccoon #critters #procyon lotor #may #springtime #animals #creatures

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on-my-way-to-the-woods · 10 months

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Today's winner for blurry cellphone wildlife photography

It's impossible to tell, but those are two kits right next to one another and the blurry line to their upper left is their absolutely huge mother

#raccoon #Procyon lotor #wildlife

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gfdelmar · 7 months

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#raccoon #animal tracks #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #mushroomcore #procyon lotor #false Turkey tail #polypore #abandoned #gfdelmar og #adventurecore

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dougielombax · 7 months

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“Hey! Drop the badger!”

The Badger, in question:

*it was a raccoon this whole time. Amazing!*

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vintageterror · 6 months

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#1940s #hi #walt kelly #pogo #raccoon #look at this little bastard #procyonidae #procyon lotor

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dragonfang-photography · 10 months

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Raccoon stopping by.

#photography #digital photography #DSLR #Canon 6D #photographers on Tumblr #raccoon #Procyon lotor #wildlife #no you can not come in #sorry dude

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sitting-on-me-bum · 1 year

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Hey mister, there's no food in this water. by Ric McArthur Via Flickr: A large raccoon plopped down at the top of the stream and looked around for about three minutes before wandering off after having a drink. Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, Sept 14, 2021. Procyon lotor Average lifetime in the wild is 2-3 years. They are not fussy eaters, if they can pick it up they will probably eat it. Explore Sept 25, 2021

#Chatham-Kent #Ontario #Canada #Procyon lotor #raccoon #rondeau provincial Park #ric mcarthur #rick mcarthur #rondeau ric #WPD22Nature #flickr #nature

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akuphotography · 2 years

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Wait, that's not a cat...

Procyon lotor

Mai 2022 chez moi, Québec, Canada.

#photography #animal #nature #nikon coolpix p510 #raccoon #Procyon lotor

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aquilathefighter · 9 months

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you said smth about animal facts. May I have a fact about (drumroll) raccoons, please? (no one is surprised)

Raccoons are great!!!! Let's talk about Procyon lotor, the common raccoon!!

They're in the family Procyonidae, making them related to some other really cool American mammals including coatis, ringtails, and kinkajous!

They're omnivorous and very opportunistic with what food they'll eat--which is why we observe them going through trash cans. In areas less densely populated by humans, they'll eat small rodents, crawfish, fleshy fruits, seeds, and nuts (to name a few foods)!

You'll often find them near water as they engage in foraging for food in the water. The second part of the common raccoon's scientific name, "lotor," means washer.

Here's a skull I found on the bank of a creek. You can really see the difference in the sharp, pointy teeth for ripping and tearing (incisors and canines) versus the flatter teeth in the back of the mouth for grinding plant matter (pre-molars and molars)