Raccoon Dog ⁵

Nyctereutes procyonoides is native to eastern Siberia, northern China, North Vietnam, Korea, and Japan. Between 1927 and 1957, the fur-farming industry introduced from 4,000 to 9,000 raccoon dogs to the European and Asian U.S.S.R. Today, N. procyonoides is widespread throughout northern and western Europe in countries including Finland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, France, Austria, and Hungary.

Biogeographic Regions: palearctic (Introduced , Native )

Chien Viverrin ⁶

Marderhund ⁶

Sources and Credits

1. (c) misooksun, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by misooksun
2. (c) Pkuczynski, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nyctereutes_procyonoides_3_(Piotr_Kuczynski).jpg
3. (c) Josh More, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/guppiecat/6867665613/
4. (c) Доктор рукиноги, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%95%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE.jpg
5. Adapted by Paul Braun from a work by (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31410421
6. (c) Paul Braun, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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