#0489 · 🦊 mammals

Japanese Raccoon Dog

🇳🇱 Japanse Wasbeerhond ·Nyctereutes viverrinus

🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Chong Yan Kai · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © jitensha2021 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © KKPCW · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0
5. © Samuele Papeschi · CC BY 4.0
6. 日本、〒191-0053 東京都日野市豊田:© m_sato · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. enoshima:© Yaron Budowski · CC BY 4.0
8. 日本、〒191-0021 東京都日野市石田:© m_sato · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Rinkaicho, Edogawa City, Tokyo 134-0086, Japan:© Julien Ueda · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Hokuto, Kushiro, Hokkaido 084-0922, Japan:© Erik Jansen · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Japanese raccoon dog ( Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus ), also known as tanuki (狸 or たぬき, ) in Japanese, is a subspecies of the Asian raccoon dog.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,892iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,892 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1839 (187 years ago).