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Raccoon dogs live in Japan, but really a lot of Asia. Red and Arctic foxes live there too.
Why would anyone jab a raccoon dog? The raccoon dog is a species of wild dog that resembles a raccoon and lives in parts of Asia.
Look at the image above of raccoon dogs.
Most likely a Raccoon Dog. I know how crazy that sounds but such a creature really does exist. I am quite sure of it seeing as Raccoon Dogs are originally from Asia. If you look up "Raccoon Dogs" on Wikipedia, you can see a pic of them and clarify that that is the animal you saw.
Because raccoons and raccoon dogs are cousins
No, dogs are canids and raccoons are procyonids.
It's a canid, so it's part of the dog family. It's part of the same family with wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals, and domestic dogs. Also, it's called "raccoon dog" because of it's resemblance to the raccoon, which it's not even related to. But, in ancient times of Japan, they confused this animal with the badger.
Yes, it is very possible. A raccoon can kill and eat a small dog very easily. There is a higher chance of the raccoon killing the dog if it is starving, and how aggressive the dog is. This is also very serious because if the raccoon has rabies and bights the dog intending to kill it, but doesn't, then the small dog will probably have to be put down or die anyway from diseases etc. So, basically, it's a good idea to keep your small dogs away from raccoons to be on the safe side.
Raccoon typically do not hunt, prey or attack dogs. However, there have been cases reported throughout history. Realize most animals will attack if threatened so if a dog was scaring a raccoon, it would probably attack. But I doubt raccoons go out looking to attack dogs for the sake of it. Some raccoon get rabies which makes them crazy, they might attack a dog (or people for that matter).
The countries that raccoon dogs live in are Japan, China, and many more. Raccoon dogs are native to Japan. Another name for raccoon dogs is 'tanuki'.
The dog family includes wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, dingoes, raccoon dogs, etc.
Canidae consists of dogs, wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes, dingos, and the raccoon dog.