Raccoon dog skeleton
Date 1859
Source Reisen und forschungen im Amur-lande in den jahren 1854-1856
Author Leopold von Schrenck (1826 - 1894)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leopold_v._Schrenck_-_Nyctereutes_procyonoides_skeleton.png

The raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), also known as the mangut or tanuki, is a canid indigenous to East Asia. It is the only extant species in the genus Nyctereutes. It is considered a basal canid species, resembling ancestral forms of the family.