Rac·coon n.  Zool. A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach.
 Raccoon dog Zool., the tanate.
 Raccoon fox Zool., the cacomixle.
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 raccoon fox
      n : raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the
          southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with
          black and white rings [syn: bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle,
           coon cat, ringtail, ring-tailed cat, civet cat,
          miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus]