🐺Common raccoon dog
The common raccoon dog, also called the Chinese or Asian raccoon dog to distinguish it from the Japanese raccoon dog, is a heavy-set, fox-like canid native to East Asia. Named for its raccoon-like face markings, it is most closely related to foxes. Common raccoon dogs feed on many animals and plant matter, and are unusual among canids in that they hibernate during cold winters and can climb trees. They are widespread in their native range, and are invasive in Europe where they were introduced for the fur trade. The similar Japanese raccoon dog, native to Japan, is the only other living member of the genus Nyctereutes.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 4.23 kg
- Body length
- 0.56 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 17 years
Everything we know about the Common raccoon dog
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass4.23 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 6.5 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.56 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass30 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan17 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 17 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length5.73 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity327 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation62 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 61 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 6COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 6AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.15 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density12 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l4.2 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Common raccoon dog yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyCanidae
- ›genusNyctereutes
- ›speciesNyctereutes procyonoides
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyCanidae
- genusNyctereutes
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
- genusNyctereutes
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