Baku Zoological Park
Raccoon
Size and weight
(Head & Body) 45-60 cm, (Tail) 20-25 cm.
5-9 kg
Nutrition
Omnivore
Life Span
5 years
Reproduction
2-5
Conservation status
Least Concern
Azerbaijan (Greater Caucasus, Talysh mountains), Forests mixed with old hollow trees and swamps and water bodies of North and Central America
Raccoons are animals with exquisitely sensitive forepaws, which contain about a thousand receptors allowing them to determine objects, without the help of sight and smell, when finding prey in the dark and water