Raccoons

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    Kingdom: Animalia 

Characteristics that place it here:

• multicellar form with specialized eukaryotic  cells, have their own means of locomotion.  

• Raccoons are mammals 

• Ingest and digest food

• Animalia is a complex kingdom 

Phylum: Chordata

Characteristics that place it here:

• Bilaterally symmetrical body.

• Complete digestive system

• Have a notochord at some phase of their life cycle

• Members often have a head, tail, and a digestive system with openings at both ends of their bodies 

Class: Mammalia

Characteristics that place it here:

• Mammals consume oxygen, reproduce, need living space, and need food and water to live.

• large brains

• they have a complex nervous system 

• they have a 4 chambered hearts

• have hair and sweat glands

Order: Carnivora

Characteristics that place it here:

• Animal that consumes other animals to survive

• Eat meat

Family: Procyonide

Characteristics that place it here:

• The raccoon family includes 18 species in 6 genera. 

• Procyonides are generally small to medium-sized animals, ranging from slightly less than 1 kg. to over 20 kg. in weight. 

Genius: Loctor 

Raccoons have the nickname "bandit" because of their face has black hair right by their eyes which makes them look as if they are wearing a mask.

Species: Proyon

• means pro= before, cyon= dog

Refrences:

• www.animaldiversty.com 

• www.webshots.com 

Poem

Raccoons are playful

They eat fish, insects, and fruits

Get into mischief !