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raccoon

a gray-brown animal with a long, furry tail ringed with black, a sharp, pointed face, and about as big as a medium-sized dog. It is terrestrial, arboreal and aquatic, omnivorous and nocturnal. Called also coon, Procyon lotor.

raccoon dog

see coonhound.

raccoon poxvirus

a poxvirus that causes typical pox lesions in the raccoon.

raccoon rabies

a major wildlife reservoir and source of human exposure in the southeastern United States.

raccoon roundworm

baylisascarisprocyonis.

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