DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan

 Rac·coon n.  Zool. A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach.
 Raccoon dog Zool., the tanate.
 Raccoon fox Zool., the cacomixle.
 ◄ ►

 Ta·na·te n. Zool. An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon dog.
 ◄ ►

 raccoon dog
      n : small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like
          those of a raccoon [syn: Nyctereutes procyonides]