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Are raccoons natural

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Of course raccoons are natural. They are a species of carnivorous mammal from the family procyonidae that evolved 25 million years ago in Europe. They are now natives only of the Americas but have been introduced to parts of Europe and Europe.

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