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Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Description:

The raccoon, 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. Wikipedia

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6 Comments

Tom15
Tom15 11 years ago

Thanks you fiorella and isabella.

Tom15
Tom15 11 years ago

Thanks Stefania. It looks like he was in the middle of turning around and just froze when he saw me:-)

Epicology
Epicology 11 years ago

Uh.. how am I going to get down? haha

Tom15
Tom15 11 years ago

Thanks mauna and Mona. I was surprised to see this raccoon out in the open during the day. It just stayed in this position for the 5 minutes I watched it.

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 11 years ago

Beautiful... I like a lots this photo.. Also very cute Raccoon..

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 11 years ago

Interesting place to spot a raccoon, Tom!

Tom15
Spotted by
Tom15

New York, USA

Spotted on May 5, 2013
Submitted on May 7, 2013

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