Motor vehicle accidents and hunting (including trapping) account for most raccoon deaths followed by disease and predation.
Anyway, the top three are: 1) Ischemic heart disease 2) Cerebrovascular disease 3) Lung Cancer
Far more raccoons die of being struck by a motor vehicle or by being shot by hunters than die of natural causes such as disease and predation. Now and then there is an outbreak in certain areas of a disease, such as distemper, that may kill off a large part of the raccoon population.
The top ten causes of death are as follows:Heart diseaseStrokeLung cancerLower respiratory infectionsChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)Colon and rectum cancersAlzheimer's diseaseType 2 diabetesBreast cancerStomach cancer
The top cause of death in Canada is circulatory system diseases. The top 2 through 10 causes of death in Canada are cancer, respiratory system disease, digestive system diseases, suicide, mother vehicles collisions substance abuse, suicide (non firearm), mental disorders, and HIV.
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Australia is much like the rest of the world when it comes to the leading causes of death. The top five diseases or causes of death in Australia are heart disease, stroke or brain hemorrhage, dementia and Alzheimer's, lung cancer, and chronic lower respiratory disease.
1. Natural Causes 2. Accidental Death 3. Suicide 4. Homicide
The average life span of raccoons in the wild is 2-3 years due to car accidents, hunting, predation and disease. In captivity they can live 15 years or more. Hunting and car accidents kill more raccoons than any other causes.
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Answers:- 1. Floods 2. Drought
Fossils of early raccoons dating back 25 million years have been found in Europe.
Raccoons, possum, coyote.