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n. - A genus of mammals consisting of the raccoon dogs.

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  • As a species, Nyctereutes procyonoides may or may not have originated in what is now Japan.
  • Any zoologist will gladly point out that tanukis are a species of East Asian wild dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), possessing the long snout, coloration, and markings of...
  • The evening that he learned of Lady Ogumata's flight, he repaired to the outskirts of town, where, between a solitary pine grove and an old stone wall, he went through the now...
  • Jackals Canis aureus, muskrats Ondatia zibethica, and racoon dogs Nyctereutes procyonoides have invaded the area, preying on the birds when they can, and wild boar Sus...
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