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Japanese Raccoon Dog
Nyctereutes viverrinus (Temminck, 1839)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Carnivora - carnivores »  family Canidae - dogs and allies »  genus Nyctereutes

Scientific synonyms

Nyctereutes viverrinus viverrinus Temminck, 1838
Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus Temminck, 1838

Other names

= Tanuki

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Nyctereutes viverrinus - Japanese Raccoon Dog

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Nyctereutes viverrinus - Japanese Raccoon Dog

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Nyctereutes viverrinus - Japanese Raccoon Dog

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Taxon in country check-lists*

Japan

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Links and literature

EN ASM Mammal Diversity Database 2.1 [1005962]

ASM Mammal Diversity Database [https://www.mammaldiversity.org/], American Society of Mammalogists [as Nyctereutes viverrinus (Temminck, 1839)]
Data retrieved on: 29 May 2025
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus Temminck, 1838]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
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