As a species, Nyctereutes procyonoides may or may not have originated in what is now Japan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Villa Incognito]

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 a raccoon, although lacking the raccoon's famous ringed tail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Villa Incognito]

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 ten-minute process of turning back into a Nyctereutes procyonoides.    From Wordnik.com.  [Villa Incognito]

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 scrofa, roe deer Capreolus capreolus, red deer Cervus elaphus and hares Lepis sp. are still hunted nearby.    From Wordnik.com.  [Srebarna Nature Reserve, Bulgaria] Reference

Also present are Japanese hare Lepus brachyurus angustidens, Japanese squirrel Sciurus lis, small Japanese flying squirrel Pteromys momonga, Japanese giant flying squirrel Petaurista leucogenys, Japanese dormouse Glirulus japonicus (EN), raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides, Japanese fox Vulpes vulpes japonica, Japanese marten Martes melampus, ermine Mustela ermina, Siberian weasel Mustela sibirica and Eurasian badger Mele meles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shirakami-sanchi (Shirakami mountains), Japan] Reference

Raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides, Sechuran fox.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

In the forests one can find moose (Alces alces), Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus), lynx (Lynx lynx), common hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), widely spread varying hare (Lepus timidus), badger (Meles meles), ermine (Mustela erminea), weasel (Mustela nivalis), common marten (Martes martes) racoon-like dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides).    From Wordnik.com.  [Kazakh upland] Reference