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Physical Features
Habitats
Names
Food
Babies and Winter
100
They have reddish fur on the top with black and grayish brown below.
What colors are their fur?
100
They are native to Southern provinces in Canada and most of the UNited States.
What countries are they native to?
100
It means "he scratches with his hands."
What does the Algonquian word " Arakun" word mean?
100
They are omnivores.
What kind of food do they eat?
100
Raccoons don't hibernate they rest inside.
Do they hibernate?
200
They are bushy with 4-6 rings around it.
What are their tails like?
200
They live in hollow trees, ground burrows in Winter and raising young. They live along stream edges, open forests, and coastal marshes.
Where do they live?
200
Procyon lotor means "little man."
What does the scientific name,"Procyon lotor" mean?
200
They wash their food before they eat it.
What do they do to their food before they eat it?
200
They have them in February, early March and leave them when they are only thirteen months.
When do they have their babies and when do they leave them to be in the wild?
300
Females are 4kg and males are 6 to 8kg.
How heavy typically are raccoons?
300
They use ground burrows for raising young and sleeping in the Winter.
Where do they raise their young and stay in the Winter?
300
They tip over trash cans, raid gardens, and bird feeders.
What are some pesky things raccoons can do, that earn them the name of mischief?
300
Carrion is dead meat.
What is carrion?
300
They increase their weight by 120% in the Winter for energy.
What do raccoons do to get ready for the Winter?
400
Short, rounded, 1 1/2'' and black.
Their ears are...
400
Up to 24 animals can live in one tree or den.
How many animals can share a den?
400
Bandits
What is an evil bad guy that are bad to cowboys, that raccoons are known as?
400
They find it in trash cans or they hunt it themselves.
Where do they find their food?
400
They carry them by the napes of their neck.
How do mother raccoons carry their cubs?
500
They are slender and human-like. They also eat with them.
What are their hands like?
500
You may find a raccoon sleeping in a squirrel nest once in a while?
Where do they sleep?
500
Wica is little man, and Sioux Indians came up with it.
What word means little man?
500
They eat turtles, eggs, grapes, nuts, grubs, crickets, and bird eggs.
Name 4 things they eat.
500
Baby raccoons whimper, snarl, purr, growl, hiss, scream and whinny.
What sounds do raccoons make?