What's the difference between raccoons and civet cats?

1, raccoon: Urticaceae.

2, civet cats: cats.

Second, the appearance is different.

1, raccoon: The biggest feature of raccoons is the black area around their eyes, commonly known as "dark circles", which is in sharp contrast with the white face around them. Ears are slightly round, with white hair on the top, and the tone is generally yellow-brown, and some are brown-black, light yellow and rare albino varieties. When overwintering, the fur will grow to 2 ~ 3 cm. There are five toes on the front and back feet, and the toes are often separated, so you can catch things. The mouth was originally a tooth that cracked meat and evolved into a tooth that could bite.

2. Civet cats: Civet cats are also called "money cats" in China, because their spots are very similar to the copper coins in China. It is similar in size to a domestic cat, but slimmer and has longer legs. The coat color of southern species is light brown or light yellow, while the coat color of northern species is gray with black spots all over the body. Patterns are always unique. Generally, there are four main stripes from head to shoulder, which are very wide and obvious, but they disappear when they reach the spine.

There are spots on the side of the body, but they never form vertical stripes. Obvious white stripes extend from the nose to the eyes and often to the top of the head. The ears are big and sharp, black behind the ears with white spots. Two distinct black stripes extend from the inner corner of the eye to the root of the ear. There is a white stripe from the inner corner of the eye to the nose, and the snout is white. The tail is long (about 40-50% of the length of the head) and has a ring pattern at the tip of the black tail.

Third, the distribution range is different.

Raccoon: Raccoons are native to Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, the United States and other North American regions.

2. Civet cats: They are widely distributed in China except the arid areas in the north and west.

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