Raccoon dog

Created by: Morgan Peterson

Physical traits

• Its fur is mainly used for the raccoon dogs protection so it can blend in with its surroundings its fur color is earth brown and brownish grey and its guard hairs are black along with its mask and in the summer the fur is brighter and reddish brown!!!

?Prey or predator?

• The raccoon dog is both it hunts food and can be food also its main enemy is the wolf and red fox and people like us who hunt them for their meat and fur for coats.

!!!!!!FOOD!!!!!

• Raccoon dogs eat mice, fruits ,fish and berries YUM.

Characteristics

• The Characteristics of the raccoon dog is one its fur its paws all the way to its little nose.

habitat• The raccoon dogs

ecosystem is usually around thick forest close to water so that they can catch fish to eat and then have a back yard Bar B Q!!

!!!pups!!!• A mother raccoon dog can

have up to 6 or 8 pups•

not those kind of pups

???Friend or foe???

• A raccoon dog is not the best company they are very protective of their territory and most of the time wont even let you get ten feet near their den so they consider you a foe.

Food chain

• Grass-insects-raccoon dog-hunter

Learned behaviors

• To sit at the edge of the pond to fish.

• Crack a nut with a rock.

• Build its den

• swim

Inherited traits

• Mask

• Paws

• Nose

• fur

!!!Fun facts!!!

• In the summer it hairs change colors but the mask doesn't!

• Will make a new den if senses it has been found by a different raccoon dog or plain raccoon!

• Is very picky with its food!

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