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Definition of Raccoon fox
1. Noun. Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings.
Generic synonyms: Procyonid
Group relationships: Bassariscus, Genus Bassariscus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raccoon Fox
Literary usage of Raccoon fox
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Zoology by Joel Dorman Steele, John Whipple Potter Jenks (1887)
"The Raccoon-fox of Mexico, and the south-west portions of the United States, ...
Raccoon-fox. ground. Omnivorous in its food, it is, according to ..."
2. A Popular Zoology by Joel Dorman Steele, John Whipple Potter Jenks (1887)
"The Raccoon-fox of Mexico, and the south-west portions of the United States, ...
Raccoon-fox. ground. Omnivorous in its food, it is, according to ..."
3. Supplement to Encyclopædia Britannica (ninth Edition): A Dictionary of Arts (1891)
"... to which recent authors give the name raccoon fox. The structure and other
peculiarities of these creatures clearly mark them off from every other ..."
4. Practical Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1915)
"Most of these animals are now scarce, and furriers are forced to use the skins
of other species, such as the skunk, muskrat, raccoon, fox, lynx, black bear, ..."
5. A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas: Being an Account of by William Monks (1907)
"At night they would hunt for fur animals, such as raccoon, fox and mink, and
stretch their hides; a first-class raccoon hide would sell for 40 to 50 cents; ..."
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