English Name:
Raccoon-dog, Chinese/Japanease Raccoon
other names
Ger: Ussurischer Waschb�r, Mangut, Viverrenhund, Obstfuchs, Waschb�rhund, Schleichkatzenhund, Seefuchs, Japanischer Fuchs, Russischer Waschb�r, Chinesischer Waschb�r, Japanischer Waschb�r
Russ: Jenot, [Enotowipnaja cabaka] (shit english char-set)
Chinese: Chien viverrin (?)
Group
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Lathin Name:
Nyctereutes procyonoides
Nyctereutes procyonoides gray
Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus
appearance:
Length (excluding tail): 65-80cm
Tail-length: 15-25cm
weight: March(the least) down to 3Kg
weight: summer: 4-6Kg
weight: whinter: 6-10Kg (30-35% fat)
differing weights of both sexes interfere
Geographic Range:
Eastasian woods from Amur up to the northers Indochina, western border not exactly known, in japan (except Riukiu-Isle), not in Taiwan and Hainan.
1934 introduced into the european parts of Russia, 1960 seen in the Karelia-Area (Kola-half-isle), Archangelsk wood-tundra along the Petschora. Southern down to the Black- and Asow-See, eastern along the Ural till Orenburg, to the Wolga and south to the Kaspisee, western to Poland and Germany.
Still settling in further western and northern territories(1960)
An introduction in Middle-Asia and Kasachstan created small groups but no single population.
Habitat:
Not in the open countryside but in loose woods, wet river-valleys at sees and flooding-areas. (So, only wet-habitats) Only the dens are digged at dry places.
Behaviour:
Activity:
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Reproduction
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Food Habits:
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