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prettygoodwordtanuki (tah-NOO-kee) - n., the Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus).
An east-Asian canid most closely related to foxes, despite their badgery build and raccoon-like dark eye markings.
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In Japanese folklore, the animal is a shapeshifting trickster figure. Other subspecies of raccoon dogs from eastern Siberia have been introduced into eastern Europe for fur farming, and are now a rapidly expanding invasive species. The name is Japanese -- old enough Japanese, its etymology is unknown.
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An east-Asian canid most closely related to foxes, despite their badgery build and raccoon-like dark eye markings.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
In Japanese folklore, the animal is a shapeshifting trickster figure. Other subspecies of raccoon dogs from eastern Siberia have been introduced into eastern Europe for fur farming, and are now a rapidly expanding invasive species. The name is Japanese -- old enough Japanese, its etymology is unknown.
---L.
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