The mask can help reduce the amount of glare (similar to the black paint that football players wear all the time) which will ultimately assist with the raccoon's night vision. This is an important feature since the raccoon is a nocturnal animal.
Black,Grey,White and others might be orange
Newborn raccoons are nearly naked when born but have a fine gray fuzz covering their body. The black mask is faintly visible.
According to Biologists, raccoons can range in a variety of colors from brown, black, red and white. Raccoons can also be multi-colored as well.
The plural of raccoon is raccoons.
Technically, raccoons are classified as carnivores but, in actuality, they are omnivores. During most of the year they eat more plant matter than animal. The are similar to black bears in that respect
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Where the Red fern grows, the nickname for the raccoons Black-eyes.
Black,Grey,White and others might be orange
Technically, raccoons are classified as carnivores. However, they have an omnivorous diet, much like the black bear.
Raccoons do not have a black and white tail. Usually the tail is gray with rust or reddish bands. You may be thinking of the skunk which is black and white.
They're mostley black
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Overall raccoons are a gray color. However they also have a few reddish hairs in places as well as black and white markings
Newborn raccoons are nearly naked when born but have a fine gray fuzz covering their body. The black mask is faintly visible.
Raccoons are, overall, a grayish color but with tinges of brown or red and have black and white markings on the face.
Raccoons have marks around their eyes. It's just a natural thing to happen. If you have brown hair, that's just like saying "Why do you have brown hair?" Or "Why do you have eyes?" But robbers/burgalars have a mask around their eyes to imitate raccoons. Raccoons steal things out of people garbages. There's no REAL reason why raccoons have the marks around their eyes.