Characteristics: The raccoon is probably the most recognizable of all furbearers with its black facial mask, ringed tail, and medium- length, dense fur. It weighs 12 to 25 pounds, with some of even 30 pounds or more. The raccoon's eyes, ears, nose and front paws are well suited to nocturnal feeding.
The front paws have a well- developed sense of touch and dexterity for catching and holding prey items in and around water. The raccoon has good night vision and a keen sense of smell. Raccoons are good climbers, and are common around campgrounds.
RACCOON
RACCOON
I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature’s ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. – Fred Bear