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raccoon dog
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raccoon dog
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a canine mammal, Nyctereutes procyonoides, inhabiting woods and forests near rivers in E Asia. It has long yellowish-brown black-tipped hair and facial markings resembling those of a raccoon
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) Also called coonhound an American breed of dog having a short smooth black coat with tan markings, bred to hunt raccoons
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Noun1.raccoon dog - small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon
Nyctereutes procyonides
wild dog - any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves
genus Nyctereutes, Nyctereutes - raccoon dogs
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Other food items found in wolf diet were small rodents, medium-sized and small carnivores (such as the fox Vulpes vulpes, the racoon-dog Nyctereutes procyonoides, and animals from the Mustelidae family), birds, domestic animals (a dog and a cat in this case), and plants and berries.
Food habits of the wolf Canis lupus in Latvia based on stomach ... by Zunna, Agrita; Ozolins, Janis; Pupila, Alda / Estonian Journal of Ecology
The virus infects many other wild and domesticated animals, such as Mustela furo, Felis domesticus, and Nyctereutes procyonoides (9,10), but infection of domesticated pigs has not been previously reported.
SARS-associated coronavirus transmitted from human to pig by Wang, Jian / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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