Definition of Nyctereutes procyonides

1. Noun. Small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon.

Exact synonyms: Raccoon Dog
Generic synonyms: Wild Dog
Group relationships: Genus Nyctereutes, Nyctereutes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nyctereutes Procyonides

Nyakyusa
Nyamuragira
Nyamwezi
Nyanja
Nyankole
Nyasaland
Nyaturucha
Nyaturuwil
Nyaya
Nyctaginaceae
Nyctaginia
Nyctaginia capitata
Nyctereutes
Nyctereutes procyonides (current term)
Nyctian
Nycticebus
Nycticebus pygmaeus
Nycticebus tardigradua
Nycticorax
Nycticorax nycticorax
Nyctimene
Nyctotherus
Nydrazid
Nydri
Nyepi
Nyepis
Nyhan
Nyiha

Literary usage of Nyctereutes procyonides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Collected Scientific Papers of the Late Alfred Henry Garrod by Alfred Henry Garrod, William Alexander Forbes (1881)
"... as well as several, both male aud female, of Nyctereutes procyonides, I take the present opportunity of giving the results at which I have arrived. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"RACCOON-DOG, a small wild-dog-like animal (Nyctereutes procyonides) of eastern China and Japan, much resembling a miniature raccoon in appearance, ..."

3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Raccoon-dog, a small wild dog-like animal (Nyctereutes procyonides) of eastern China and Japan, much resembling a miniature raccoon in appearance, ..."

4. Transactions of the Pathological Society of London by Pathological Society of London (1886)
"Garrod,2 writing on the anatomy of Lycaon pictus and Nyctereutes procyonides states : " the adult male Nyctereutes, like the half-grown female, ..."

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