The word raccoon is drawn from the Native American Algonquian language. Their term arakun roughly translates to “he who scratches with his hands.” Anyone wh

Photographs and text introduce the physical characteristics and habits of the raccoon.

Masked bandits of the night, raiders of farm crops and rubbish bins, raccoons are notorious for their indifference to human property and propriety. Yet they are

Simple text and photographs introduce the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of the raccoon.

Provides information about the physical characteristics, habits, and behavior of raccoons and such related species as the coati, kinkajou, red panda, and ringta