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Where did raccoons originate?

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The raccoon is originally a North American animal, although man has introduced the species to other continents.

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Based on fossil evidence from France and Germany, the first known members of the family Procyonidae (raccoons) lived in Europe in the late Oligocene about 25 million years ago.

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Raccoons originated in Europe about 25 million years ago.

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