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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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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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Canidae carnivore coonhound dog family Canidae genus Nyctereutes Nyctereutes Nyctereutes procyonides Tanate wild dog			Zhang Wenkui, a veterinary professor at Shenyang Agriculture University, said the racoon dogs - a breed native to east Asia which is raised for its fur - were fed a product that contained the chemical melamine and developed kidney stones. world ROUND-UP: Dead dogs by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Jim Peet is the founder of the farm visitors' centre, which also has rare breeds of cattle, donkeys, outdoor pigs, goats, red deer, meerkats, zebras, racoon dogs, ducks and geese. How we wonder where you are, Twinkle Twinkle by The Journal (Newcastle, England) When the SARS virus was found in a civet, a racoon dog and a Chinese ferret badger, it wasn't long before the Agrifood and Veterinary Authority of Singapore started trapping and killing cats, even though tests on 140 samples proved negative. RECORD PETS: All animals are scapegoats . by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			racket racket club Racket court racket press racket-tail Racket-tailed racketeer Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act racketeering Racketer racketiness rackets Rackett rackety Rackham racking racking one's brain Racktail Rackwork Racle Racleness raclette racon raconteur racoon Racoon dog Racoonda Racovian Racovianism RACQ racquet racquetball racquets Racquette racy rad rad. RADA radar radar advisory radar altimeter radar altimetry area radar astronomy radar beacon radar camouflage radar clutter radar countermeasures radar coverage radar danning radar deception radar dome			RACLS RACLT RACM RACMA RACMO RACMP RACMSA RACN RACNAC RACNE RACO RaCO2 RACOC RACOG RACOL RACOM RACOMS racon racon racon racons racons Raconte Ta Vie Ailleurs raconteur raconteur raconteur Raconteurs racoon racoon racoon Racoon dog Racoon penis bone Racoon penis bone Racoon penis bone Racoonda racoons racoons racoons Racosperma aneurum Racosperma aneurum Racosperma aneurum Racosperma melanoxylon Racosperma salicinum Racovian Racovian Catechism Racovian Catechism Racovianism RACP RACPC RACPL RACQ RACQ racquet racquet racquet racquet racquet Racquet ball Racquet ball Racquet Cell Racquet Club of Philadelphia

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