Anahi Cruz Racoon

Racoon Are medium sized animals, pounds, inches long. Raccoons live in North and Central America. The like to live by water and they swim well. Raccoons have been moving north because the climate is better. Raccoons mate in January and February, The female raccoon is pregnant around 65 days and gives birth to 1-6 babies each time. pregnant The new borns will stay with their birth mother for 4-10 months and then leave.

Live in Raccoons live in the deciduous wooded lands of Canada to northern South America. Though they prefer woodland, they will live anywhere and have adapted well to the encroachment of mankind. Though they prefer woodland, they will live anywhere and have adapted well to the encroachment of mankind. They have 40 teeth, which are flat crushing teeth, not the slicing teeth found in cats and dogs.

Ancestors, Relatives They are related to the raccoon dog very similar, called the Tanuki. This is where the name procyonoides, comes from; Procyon is the scientific name for raccoon.

Raccoons Habitat Raccoons will live in any woodlands near water. They are found all across North America and only cold temperatures keep them away. Raccoons will live in any woodlands near water. They are found all across North America and only cold temperatures keep them away. Raccoons live in wetlands, plains, and especially forests. They prefer hollow trees for their dens, but will live in rock crevices and caves, on the ground in swamps under cedars, brush, abandoned buildings, and other animals’ abandoned ground burrows. Raccoons live in wetlands, plains, and especially forests. They prefer hollow trees for their dens, but will live in rock crevices and caves, on the ground in swamps under cedars, brush, abandoned buildings, and other animals’ abandoned ground burrows. Raccoons sleep during the winter months, but they do not hibernate and have been known to venture out occasionally in the cold weather months

Food Chain Raccoons eat crayfish, birds, mammals, fish, eggs, insects, earthworms, frogs, berries, nuts, fruits, corn, vegetable matter, and even carrion. The Fox, Alligators,wolves, wild dogs, and pumas. People.

How Humans Impact the Animal The raccoon is an important and valuable fur bearer. The raccoon's durable fur is used in the manufacture of coats, hats, and trimming. Raccoon meat has excellent flavor when roasted and thousands are eaten every year. Raccoon meat has excellent flavor when roasted and thousands are eaten every year. The raccoon's well known love of corn usually causes only slight damage to field corn yields but sweet corn stands are sometimes decimated. Damage is usually controlled by removing the offending animals, relocation of damage causing raccoons is often preferable to killing them.

Interesting Facts Raccoon babies are called kits or cubs. Raccoons usually give birth to 2-6 kits at one time, with an average of 4. The word “raccoon” comes from the Algonquin Indians and means "he scratches with his hands."

Interesting Facts Pt.2 Raccoons enjoy eating cat food, raw fish and love eating leftover garbage. You will mostly find them roaming through garbage during midnight,or as soon as they think its safe.

Habitat & Their food chain They are found commonly in every one of the lower 48 States, in much of southern Canada and throughout Mexico and Central America. Their habitat may be a hollow tree in a hardwood forest, a muskrat house, a barn, a chimney, or an attic. Baby raccoons often look like puppies when just born.