Fig. 206.—Raccoon-like Dog. Nyctereutes procyonides. × 1⁄6. Accepted spelling is N. procyonoides.
Date 1902
Source The Cambridge Natural History, Volume X—Mammalia.
Author Frank E Beddard
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cambridge_Natural_History_Mammalia_Fig_206.jpg

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.