English: « Canis procyonides » = Nyctereutes procyonoides procyonoides (Subspecies of Raccoon dog)
Français: « Canis procyonides » = Nyctereutes procyonoides procyonoides (Sous-espèce de Chien viverrin)
Date between 1833 and 1834
Source Illustrations of Indian Zoology - volume 2
Author Thomas Hardwicke (1755–1835)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nyctereutes_procyonoides_procyonoides_Hardwicke.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.