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A very minor detail, but on the map Guadeloupe is marked red, meaning the racoon is native there. However on page for the Guadeloupe raccoon it says: " ... the Guadeloupe raccoon was introduced by humans just a few centuries ago. ". Shouldn't Guadeloupe then be blue on the map?

The photos are biased to day time. How about a few night time shots:

Raccoons eat vegetables and fruits and cherries!

{{Speciesbox | name = Raccoon | fossil_range = [[Pleistocene]] - Present<ref>[www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=50729]</ref> | image = Raccoon climbing in tree - Cropped and color corrected.jpg | image_caption = California raccoon (''P. l. psora''), [[Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge]] in [[California]] | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |last1=Timm |first1=R. |last2=Cuarón |first2=A.D. |last3=Reid |first3=F. |last4=Helgen |first4=K. |last5=González-Maya |first5=J.F. | title = ''Procyon lotor'' | volume= 2016 | page = e.T41686A45216638 | year = 2016 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41686A45216638.en }}</ref> | genus = Procyon | species = lotor | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758) | range_map = Raccoon range.png | range_map_caption = Native range in red, introduced range in blue | synonyms = *''Ursus lotor'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> }}

Hello @ Spinosaurus500: Although there is nothing wrong with your edits it would be better to reuse the same WP:NAMEDREFS. I did this for you in this edit. Invasive Spices ( talk) 14 July 2022 (UTC)

The first time you have a chance at the top is the second one you get a free pass and you can go on your way back and then go to your car to go back to your house to pick it out or go back and then come to the bottom and get the rest and you get the rest you need and you get a chance for a second one to go to your friends car so I don’t think you’re getting any of the rest but you could go back to the bottom if you’re going back and get a free one and you could go on your way to your house or something and you can just get the other two or something and I could go to your car or whatever and you can get a car or whatever but I think it’s just a car or you just have the money for a new phone 📱 number for a new one and you could get the new car or whatever I just want the old phone 📱 and I just want you can just give it to you know 41.23.2.215 ( talk) 20:12, 7 February 2024 (UTC) reply

It seems like the regulations described in the article were superseded by the EU adding the raccoon as an Invasive Alien Species? Helpful Raccoon ( talk) 00:57, 5 March 2024 (UTC) reply