Raccoon.

 

Raccoon is unique to North America. These animals belong to the species of mammals. These animals are often known as coon (pronounced kun). The size of these animals is not too big or small, rather ordinary. Raccoon including smart and clever animals. According to some studies, the raccoon has given the skill in a matter of three years.

Raccoon primary residence located in some forest areas are in North America. Raccoon can be found in deciduous forest and mixed forest or heterogeneous. However, raccoons can also be found in mountainous regions, coastal, and coastal cities. In coastal cities, raccoon found in some homes.

Treading the middle of the 20th century, the spread of raccoon is not only found in North America. Migration of animals that occupy new areas create a live raccoon spread. Today, raccoons can also be found in Europe and Japan. This makes the animal raccoon be typical of North America and other countries in the world.

Social Life Raccoon. 

At first, raccoon known as an individual animal or a solitary animal. However, there are some findings appear today, the raccoon as a pet in groups according to their gender. Raccoon females usually share the territory with fellow kind. While the male raccoon, live in groups.

Female raccoon make up the distance to the mating male raccoon come. Not only that, they are flocking to protect themselves from other animal disorders. Raccoon females usually give birth to 2-5 children. Children raccoon known as kits or kits. Raccoon mating season usually occurs in the spring. Children raccoon is usually taken care of by their mothers until autumn.

Raccoons can live up to twenty years. However, in reality, raccoons often last only until the age of one to three years. This is due to the presence of illegal hunting of the raccoon and the raccoon that crashed into a car accident.

Characteristics of Raccoon. 

Raccoon has the following characteristics.
Body length of about 40-70 cm raccoon weighing approximately 3.5 to 9 kg.
Raccoon is a nocturnal animal. This means raccoon is an animal that is making a living at night.
Raccoon is an omnivore, eating everything. Raccoon usually eat a variety of invertebrate and vertebrate species of animals and plants.
Raccoon has thick fur is grayish. Thick raccoon fur serves to protect the body when winter comes. Raccoon fur thickness accompanied by a strand of hair about 2-3 cm long.
Two of the most prominent feature of the raccoon is owned by the presence of an agile front paws capture prey and face mask similar to that used to deceive the enemy.
Face area that stands out from the raccoon is the area of ​​black fur around the eyes which contrasts with the white face. In addition, the area around the ears of white. With the face like this, known as animal raccoon mask. The function of the black area around the face of raccoons is used to absorb the glare of light at night.
Raccoon has the ability to stand upright. With this capability, a raccoon can keep an eye on his prey and swiftly.
Raccoon can not run fast or jump long distances. Speed ​​until they ran only 16-24 km / h. This is because raccoons have short legs.
Raccoon can swim at a speed of 5 km / h and can stay in the water for several hours.
In the raccoon's body, there are regulatory systems so hot in hot weather conditions, the raccoon was able to sweat to regulate body temperature.
Another uniqueness is owned by a raccoon while down from the tree. Raccoon dropped upside down, head facing down.
Raccoon born as animals are color blind. They can only see the light green color clearly. In recognizing the object, raccoons using touch and the sense of smell is quite sharp.

Advantages and Disadvantages Raccoon 

Each creature certainly has its advantages and disadvantages, including raccoons. Raccoon is an animal belonging which also has a great weakness. Here are the advantages and disadvantages of a raccoon.

First. 

Vision raccoon arguably not too good and the color blind as described above. However, while hunting prey, raccoons were able to capture prey in the far distance. Raccoon rely on hearing in search of prey, not the eyes.

Second. 

Raccoon is an animal that lazy swim. However, when in a state of urgency, raccoons can become a great swimmer because it can swim in the rushing river.

Third. 

Raccoon can feed a distance of many miles from the nest if food around it is up.

Fourth. 

Raccoon is an animal nest maker extraordinary and deft.
Raccoon Conservation

Raccoon can be rare fauna. This is because the raccoons are often hunted and consumed by humans. Humans can be used to hunt raccoon skin as well as food. Not only that, used as a pet raccoon.

In an effort to prevent this, as well as the German government forbade American citizens to hunt raccoon and get sanctioned if breached are quite heavy. In addition, they create a special area for protecting the raccoon from extinction.

Canadian raccoon in Ragunan. 

If at first glance, it looks like a fox raccoon. However, this is not the animal kind menggmaskan fox, but it is called a raccoon. Although the raccoon is not native to Indonesia, you can see it in Ragunan Zoo. Since 5 November 2009, the raccoon can already be seen in Ragunan by the visitors.

Raccoon in this Ragunan imported from Canada and still new. This raccoon face like a fox, but physical as ferrets and arms like a bear. This was disclosed by one of the management staff Ragunan Zoo.

In the early arrival of Raccoon to Ragunan Zoo, visitors can not directly see these unique animals quarantined and yet because it is still able to greet the visitors freely. Raccoon-raccoon is likely take a little longer to adapt in Insonesia, especially in Ragunan Zoo. Animals are expected to take to adapt to the environment in Indonesia for at least three months. However, physically, raccoon-raccoon is in a healthy state.

Raccoon already used to being in a place that has four seasons, including in his home country. Not so in Indonesia. Although the weather is different, the raccoon-raccoon look vivacious and restless. Viewed from the physical, raccoon-raccoon has been able to adapt and the next month the visitors in Ragunan been able to watch the doings of this raccoon.

Raccoons love to eat nuts, fruit, and meat animals that belong to the type of omnivores (animals eating any kind of food). Raccoon is in Ragunan Zoo is a donation from a zoo in Canada. Ragunan Zoo does have a pretty good relationship with the zoo in Canada.

Enclosure used by a pair of raccoons is the home option. In Ragunan, visitors can see a pair of raccoons this, but should not be given food. It aims to keep the raccoons from eating the wrong foods or not appropriate. Thank you for reading this article. Written and posted by Bambang Sunarno. sunarnobambang86@gmail.com 
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DatePublished: September 15, 2014 at 15:03
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