Natural History

Posted in Carnivorans | Tagged common raccoon, golden raccoon, Northern raccoon | 4 Comments

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1. on November 2, 2012 at 9:19 pm massugu

   Hmmmm, wonder if there are any genetic disease factors associated with the coloration?

   
   
2. on November 3, 2012 at 5:21 pm kittenz

   These are the raccoons that are sold in pet stores as “albino”. I think they are probably erythristic. As far as I know they don’t have any health issues associated with their coloration. They are pretty common in some areas. Not as common as cinnamon bears, but not really rare.

   
   
3. on April 19, 2013 at 8:33 am Avinash Kabra

   Are raccoons only found in US?

   
   
   • on April 19, 2013 at 8:43 am retrieverman

     No. Their native range is from Southern Canada to Panama. In South America, there is another species of raccoon called a crab-eating raccoon, which is smaller and has shorter hair.

     But raccoons have been introduced to Germany and have spread to the neighboring countries. They are in Denmark and fears are they are about to cross into Sweden soon. The Soviets introduced them to Belarus and into the Caucasus region.

     They’ve also been introduced to Japan.

     
     

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