Species
*Sources for information and photos (unless they were taken by me) can be found at the bottom of each species profile or in photo captions.
A collection of animal species from around the world.
Raccoon Dog
The raccoon dog isn’t a raccoon at all — it’s a canid, more closely related to foxes. It’s the only member of the dog family that hibernates and one of the few to use communal latrines, where it leaves behind smelly “messages” about its diet, health, and breeding status for other raccoon dogs to sniff out.