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    The Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus), also known by its Japanese name tanuki (Japanese: 狸, たぬき), is a species of canid endemic to Japan. It...
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    The common raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), also called the Chinese or Asian raccoon dog to distinguish it from the Japanese raccoon dog, is a small...
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    Nyctereutes (redirect from Raccoon-Dog)
    extant species, both known as raccoon dogs: the common raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) and the Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus). Nyctereutes...
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    Mujina (category CS1 uses Japanese-language script (ja))
    Mujina (貉) is an old Japanese term primarily referring to the Japanese badger, but traditionally to the Japanese raccoon dog (tanuki), causing confusion...
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  • Tanuki may refer to: Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus or Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus), a mammal native to Japan Bake-danuki, a type...
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    Bake-danuki (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    the folklore and legends of various places in Japan, commonly associated with the Japanese raccoon dog or tanuki. Although the tanuki is a real, extant...
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  • of the English title is actually a translation for the tanuki or Japanese raccoon-dog. It is a love story set in the musical genre and stars Zhang Ziyi...
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    known as raccoons in the family Procyonidae. The most familiar species, the common raccoon (P. lotor), is often known simply as "the" raccoon, as the two...
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  • squirrel Japanese grass vole Japanese hare Japanese house bat Japanese macaque Japanese marten Japanese mole Japanese mountain mole Japanese raccoon dog Japanese...
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    Kachi-kachi Yama (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    Mountain and The Farmer and the Badger, is a Japanese folktale in which a tanuki (Japanese raccoon dog) is the villain, rather than the more usual boisterous...
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    The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from extinct...
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    islands. Japan has over 90,000 species of wildlife as of 2019[update], including the brown bear, the Japanese macaque, the Japanese raccoon dog, the small...
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  • Ponpoko (category Video games about raccoons)
    Sigma Enterprises. It was released in arcades in Japan in November 1982. As a Japanese raccoon dog which can jump and climb ladders, the goal is to collect...
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    humans or other beings and objects, the kitsune (fox) and tanuki (the Japanese raccoon dog; pictured). They occur frequently in folktales of humorous nature...
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    The raccoon (/rəˈkuːn/ or US: /ræˈkuːn/ , Procyon lotor), also spelled racoon and sometimes called the common raccoon to distinguish it from the other...
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    The crab-eating raccoon or South American raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) is a species of raccoon native to marshy and jungle areas of Central and South...
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    Canidae (redirect from Dog (family))
    tricks: Asia's raccoon dog, a venerable member of the canid family is pushing into new frontiers". Natural History. 95 (#8): 40, 44. "Raccoon dog – Nyctereutes...
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    Nozuchi A fat snake-like creature. Nue A Japanese chimera with the head of a monkey, the body of a raccoon dog, the legs of a tiger, and a snake-headed...
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    The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also known as the painted dog or Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest...
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    The bush dog (Speothos venaticus) is a canine found in Central and South America. In spite of its extensive range, it is very rare in most areas except...
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    the pygmy raccoon, dwarf raccoon, Cozumel Island raccoon, and Cozumel raccoon bear. Clinton Hart Merriam first described the Cozumel raccoon as morphologically...
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    The Japanese badger (Meles anakuma) is a species of carnivoran of the family Mustelidae, the weasels and their kin. Endemic to Japan, it is found on Honshu...
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    Honshu (redirect from Japanese main island)
    Plain. As the historical center of Japanese cultural and political power, the island includes several past Japanese capitals, including Kyōto, Nara, and...
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  • List of legendary creatures by type (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    Monkey – dog/monkey creature found in Cambridgeshire (Britain) Tanuki – Japanese raccoon dog, legends claim is a shapeshifting trickster (Japan) Vǎrkolak...
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    are less prominent than raccoons as vectors of rabies. (However, this varies regionally in the United States, with raccoons dominating along the Atlantic...
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    diversified into two distinct types: lightly built dog-like hyenas and robust bone-crushing hyenas. Although the dog-like hyenas thrived 15 million years ago (with...
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  • (disambiguation) Raccoon dog, a species of canid Japanese raccoon dog or tanuki, a subspecies of raccoon-dog often translated into English as "raccoon" List of...
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    prey. Hyenas are dog-like feliforms that have sloping backs due to their front legs being longer than their hind legs. The raccoon family and red panda...
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    Heike, it is described as a Japanese chimera having the head of a monkey, the limbs of a tiger, the body of a Japanese raccoon dog, and the front half of a...
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    bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis), gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), and raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides). Foxes are generally smaller than some other...
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