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See also:RACCOON (or RACOON) , a name See also:borne by the typical representative of a See also:group of See also:American arboreal placental mammals belonging to the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order See also:CARNIVORA (q.v.) and the See also:family Procyonidae. The word is a corruption of the See also:North-American See also:Indian " arrathkune " or " arathcone." The Fr. See also:raton or raton laveur, Ger. Waschbdr, and other See also:European names are derived from a curious See also:habit the raccoon has of dipping or washing its See also:food in See also:water before eating it. The typical raccoon (Procyon lotor) is a thickly built See also:animal about the See also:size of a See also:badger, with a coat of See also:long coarse greyish-See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown hairs, See also:short ears, and a bushy See also:black-and-See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white-ringed tail. Its range extends over the whole of the See also:United States, and stretches on the See also:west northwards
The Raccoon (Procyon lotor).
to See also:Alaska and southwards well into Central See also:America, where it attains its maximum size. The following notes on the habits of the raccoon are from Dr C. See also:Hart Merriam's The Mammals of the See also:Adirondacks:— -
Raccoons are omnivorous beasts and feed upon mice, small birds, birds' eggs, turtles and their eggs, frogs, See also:fish, See also:crayfish, molluscs, See also:insects, nuts, fruits, See also:maize and sometimes poultry. Excepting alone the bats and flying-squirrels, they are the most strictly nocturnal of all our mammals, and yet I have several times seen them abroad on cloudy days. They haunt the See also:banks of ponds and streams, and find much of their food in these places, such as crayfish, mussels and fish, although they are unable to dive and pursue the latter under water, like the See also:otter and See also:mink. They are See also:good swimmers and do not hesitate to See also:cross See also:rivers that See also:lie in their path. . . . The raccoon hibernates during the severest See also:part ofthe See also:winter, retiring to its See also:nest rather See also:early, and appearing again in See also:February or See also:March, according to the earliness or lateness of the See also:season. It makes its See also:home high up in the hollow of some large See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree, preferring a dead See also:limb to the See also:trunk itself. It does little in the way of constructing a nest, and from four to six See also:young are commonly See also:born at a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, generally early in See also:April in this region. The young remain with the See also:mother about a See also:year."
The See also:South-American See also:species, P. cancrivorus, the crab-eating raccoon, is very similar to P. lotor, but differs by its shorter See also:fur, larger size, proportionally more powerful See also:teeth and other See also:minor characters. It extends over the whole of South America, as far south as the Rio See also:Negro, and is See also:common in all suitable localities. Its habits are similar to those of the North-American species.
RACCOON-See also:DOG (Nyctereutes procyonoides), a small See also:wild dog, with See also:sharp-pointed muzzle, short rounded ears, bushy tail and long fur, found in See also:China, See also:Japan and Amurland. The See also:total length is about 32 in., of which the tail See also:measures 4 in. The prevailing hues are black and dusky yellow, the See also:distribution of which varies in different individuals. In habit these See also:dogs are chiefly nocturnal; and they are said to hibernate. In winter they feed on fish, and in summer on mice, forming small packs to See also:hunt their See also:prey.
End of Article: RACCOON (or RACOON)
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