The Latin name lotor means 'the washer', as the common raccoon (Procyon lotor) has been seen apparently washing its food before eating. This is instinctive mimicry, a need to replicate catching aquatic prey. The common raccoon is omnivorous, with a penchant for fruit and nuts. In agricultural areas corn is a favourite meal but the common raccoon is a pest to farmers, damaging more than it can eat.
During the day, or in bad weather, the common raccoon sleeps in its den, which might be a hollow tree or a crevice between rocks, emerging at dusk to forage for food. It is not unknown for the common raccoon to take over a crow or magpie nest 3.9-4.8m above ground.
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