#0077 · 🦊 mammals

Common Raccoon

🇳🇱 Wasbeer ·Procyon lotor

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Kat Halsey · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Frederik gustavsson · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Paul Steeves · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © jayras · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Faby Galleta · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Sky Island Alliance · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 24th Ave NW & NW 70th St, Seattle, WA 98117, USA:© Kiana · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. North Carolina Aquariums, Manteo, NC, US:© iheartmollusks · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 1372 Vermont Route 65, South Strafford, VT, US:© jlloyd · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Adams County, MS, USA:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

The raccoon (/rəˈkuːn/ or US: /ræˈkuːn/ ( listen), Procyon lotor ), sometimes spelled racoon , also known as the common raccoon , North American raccoon , northern raccoon ,and colloquially as coon , is a medium-sized mammal native to North America. The raccoon is the largest of the procyonid family, having a body length of 40 to 70 cm (16 to 28 in) and a body weight of 5 to 26 kg (11 to 57 lb). Its grayish coat mostly consists of dense underfur which insulates it against...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 204,765iNaturalist observations
lifespan 20 yrmaximum recorded
threat LCleast concern

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.
204,765 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Can live up to 20 years.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.