raccoon dog

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raccoon dog (plural raccoon dogs)

  1. A canid of the genus Nyctereutes, native to East Asia and widely introduced elsewhere in other cool parts of Eurasia.
    Synonyms: mangut, tanuki
    • 2016, Aisling Irwin, Furry aliens on Europe’s hit list: New Scientist‎[1], number 3063, page 8:
      OBLIVIOUS to his sterilisation, Judas the raccoon dog treks through Sweden’s countryside in search of a mate. At last he finds one, only for their liaison to end when she is shot. He trudges on and finds another, but she is killed too. This is his destiny: he is a radio-tagged lure leading hunters to the last live raccoon dogs in the country.

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