Raccoon
The raccoon is a medium-sized mammal native to North America. It is usually nocturnal and omnivorous, eating about 40% invertebrates, 33% plants, and 27% vertebrates. The word raccoon was adopted into English from the native Powhatan term meaning “animal that scratches with its hands” The colloquial abbreviation coon is used in words like coonskin for fur clothing and in phrases...
