There Is A Raccoon Dog That Is Neither A Dog Or A Raccoon

For those who are fans of trash pandas but aren’t quite brave enough to befriend a raccoon as your average house pet, we introduce the Raccoon Dog: It’s neither a raccoon or a dog. It’s a wild animal, best known as the mangut or tanuki, which can be found in East Asia. Raccoon Dogs belong to the canid family which does include dogs [and also wolves and foxes].

[Source: “12 Surprising Facts About Raccoon Dogs”].

A Raccoon Dog! And look how cute it is:

We’re not alone in our deep fascination of this creature.

Googled this outta curiousity.

First question “can you have a raccoon dog as a dog”

Amazing. https://t.co/agYuKueHKm

— Sophie the Scientist #together4yes (@sophswhynot) May 7, 2018

I love this fat beautiful idiot https://t.co/Nahtmrtbmb

— Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) May 7, 2018

The raccoon dog: cute, wild and a terrible idea for a pet https://t.co/L0HrCkVk5S

— The Guardian (@guardian) August 22, 2017

12 Surprising Facts About Raccoon Dogs — https://t.co/zMAEMhdjRs pic.twitter.com/qK3gModlGq

— Mental Floss (@mental_floss) April 18, 2018