0
People are hunting them so they don't get into their garbage! How Mean and cruel!!!
The raccoon is an abundant species, not in danger at all! Raccoons are a very adaptable creature and can live quite happily among urban human populations. In fact, raccoons live in the inner cities where there is parkland available.
because there is so much food in the city
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoHumans, vehicles, and land development are some of the things that are threatening to destroy a raccoon's habitat.
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoBIGGER CREATURES are mainly the only thing raccoons are afraid of.
Wiki User
∙ 8y agoRaccoons are so adaptable that nothing is really threatening their habitat. They are even able to live quite well in metropolitan areas.
Wiki User
∙ 8y agoLarge predators such as wolves, coyotes, cougars, jaguars and bobcats can take a raccoon. Man and automobiles kill more raccoons, however.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Why are raccoons endangered?
Raccoons as a whole are not endangered. However, the Cozumel raccoon of Cozumel Island in Mexico is critically endangered due to human encroachment and loss of habitat.
How many raccoons are there in the world?
Raccoons live only in North, Central and South America and there is no census of how many there are. That would be virtually impossible considering the retiring nature of the raccoon and the inaccessibility of much of their habitat.
Do we need raccoons in a habitat?
In a natural habitat yes u do, everything is important to the circle of life for example if wolves went extinct the elk, moose, deer and others population would grow to be so big there wouldn't be enough food and a lot of em would die. Wolves usually only kill weak or sick ones, which actually strenthens the herd. Raccoons have a place among this too, if one animal becomes extinct it can make a bunch of others extinct or endangered! DONT KILL RACCOONS! -Firepaw100
What is the plural term for raccoons?
raccoons
Do raccoons have weanies?
Male raccoons have "weanies."
Where do Florida common raccoons have their habitat?
Raccoons live everywhere in Florida.
What animals get pushed out of there habitat by logging?
raccoons
Can 5 raccoons live in one habitat?
Yes, raccoons frequently live in loose-knit communities of related females and their young.
Can lions eat raccoons?
Yes, they can. But the only time this would happen would be in a zoo, since there are no raccoons in any natural habitat of the lion.
How do raccoons use the pond habitat?
Raccoons obtain their drinking water and much of their food from ponds, including fish, frogs, crayfish, snails, snakes. etc.
Why are raccoons endangered?
Raccoons as a whole are not endangered. However, the Cozumel raccoon of Cozumel Island in Mexico is critically endangered due to human encroachment and loss of habitat.
What is threatening the habitat of jaguars?
Foresters use only about 30% of the trees they cut down.
Does tigers eat raccoons?
Tigers and raccoons do not live in the same habitat, so, technically, no. If a raccoon lived in a zoo, perhaps, and meandered into the tiger enclosure, though, the tiger might eat it.
What plants are in the raccoons habitat?
Raccoons live in such a wide variety of habitats, from deciduous forests, rain forests, grasslands, wetlands, deserts and cities that nearly any plant growing in the Americas would be on the list.
Do raccoons live in woodland habitats?
Raccoons can adapt to almost any habitat - forests (including rain forests), grasslands, swamps, deserts. They are also well adapted to living in cities and towns.
What type of habitat do raccoons have?
Raccoons have adapted to all but the most extreme habitats. They are found in deciduous forests, conifer and mixed forests, rainforests, grasslands, wetlands, deserts and even in major metropolitan areas.
How many raccoons are there in the world?
Raccoons live only in North, Central and South America and there is no census of how many there are. That would be virtually impossible considering the retiring nature of the raccoon and the inaccessibility of much of their habitat.
