Sentences with phrase «raccoon dogs»

An analysis of raccoon dog DNA shows that the canid species has thrived after surviving hardship during the last ice age.

Moreover, the present study represents the first identification of A. phagocytophilum, B. henselae, and B. theileri in raccoon dogs in their native habitat (East Asia).

They found that animals from Korea, Russia, China and Vietnam were all genetically similar but distinct from Japanese raccoon dogs.

In real life, raccoon dogs do not fly or transform into statues.

This is his destiny: for he is radio - tagged, and is leading hunters to the last live raccoon dogs remaining in the country.

A recent investigation by The Humane Society of the United States revealed that many designers and retailers were selling unlabeled fur - trimmed jackets advertised as «faux» of «fake» fur, when laboratory testing showed the fur came from animals, even dogs and raccoon dogs skinned alive in China.

«In the Russian Far East, domestic dogs are one of the biggest concerns, but other species, like raccoon dogs or foxes, can also harbor the disease,» says McAloose.

Mi - Sook Min of Seoul National University in South Korea and colleagues have now examined raccoon dog genes to figure out how their populations have changed.

Another factor in their favour is that young raccoon dogs can travel tens of kilometres to find a territory — although this does mean that youngsters are frequently killed on roads.

To the best of our knowledge, this study is the largest survey of raccoon dogs aimed at the analysis of VBPs in this species.

The former can be readily observed in practically every Ghibli film, whether the characters are mustachioed pig pilots, «pouch» - parachuting raccoon dogs, or the commonplace strong girl protagonist.

to Bandit, a four - month - old pet Raccoon Dog that people often hilariously mistake for a wild animal.

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Because of their resemblance to raccoons they are known as Raccoon Dogs.

Raccoon Dogs feed on insects, rodents, amphibians, birds, fish, reptiles, mollusks and carrion.

Red foxes will kill raccoon dog pups, and have been known to bite adults to death.

In Tatarstan, wolf predation can account for 55.6 % of raccoon dog deaths, while in northwestern Russia, it amounts to 64 %.

As pets, Raccoon Dogs don't bark, wag their tail or crave for attention from their paw - rents.

Wolves are the main predators of raccoon dogs, killing large numbers of them in spring and summer, though attacks have been reported in autumn, too.

Other members of the dog family diverged 7 to 10 million years ago and are less closely related and can not hybridise with the wolf - like canids: the yellow Jackal has 74 chromosomes, the red fox has 38 chromosomes, the raccoon dog has 42 chromosomes, and the Fennec fox has 64 chromosomes.

Raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) are found across large parts of Eurasia — largely because fur lovers in the former Soviet Union introduced them to countries near its western borders in the 20th century.

To work out how the raccoon dogs made it through the ice age, Mi - Sook Min of Seoul National University in South Korea and colleagues examined their genes.

Some 20,000 years ago, it was a different story: Earth was in the grip of the last ice age, and raccoon dogs were stuck in a small area of east Asia.

In the markets of Guangdong province, which borders on the South China Sea, thousands of chickens, ducks, quail, and geese squawk endlessly, crammed into cages next to or stacked on top of wilder creatures — civet cats, raccoon dogs, snakes, and turtles.

Raccoon dogs are also excellent at coping with cold winters and food shortages, hence their spread into northern Europe.

The raccoon dog genomes also showed signs of a recent population expansion, suggesting their population had shrunk to a low level and then exploded.

It seems that once the ice sheets began to retreat, the raccoon dogs thrived and spread throughout east Asia.

The raccoon dogs divided neatly into two groups: one living in Japan, and one living on mainland Asia.

Some 20,000 years ago, Earth was in the grip of the last ice age, and raccoon dogs were confined to a small area of east Asia.

In Japan, raccoon dogs are known as tanuki, and you often see statues of them outside restaurants — with very large testicles.

Raccoon dogs are now established in eastern and central Europe.

Hurrying through a dangerous landscape, the moustachioed plumber comes across unexpected treasure: the furry skin of a raccoon dog, its innards nowhere to be seen.

Raccoon dogs were not always so cosmopolitan.

That suggests the raccoon dogs survived the ice age by lurking on the Korean peninsula and in Japan.

The team collected 147 raccoon dogs from Korea, Russia, China, Vietnam and Japan, and examined their DNA.

Oblivious to his sterilisation, Judas the raccoon dog treks through the Swedish countryside in search of a lifelong mate.

The Swedish war on the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), a luxuriously furry, short - legged mammal spreading west across Europe, is a...

The raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), a wild canid found in East Asia and Europe, represents a potential wildlife reservoir for zoonotic diseases.

Among the samples collected from 193 raccoon dogs and 114 ticks, two samples were positive for Anaplasma phagocytophilum, four for Anaplasma bovis, two for Borrelia theileri, and two for Bartonella henselae.

In addition, 105 Haemaphysalis flava (14 larvae, 43 nymphs, 32 males, and 16 females) and nine Haemaphysalis longicornis (all female) were collected from three raccoon dogs.

To investigate the prevalence of VBPs in raccoon dogs, 142 carcasses and 51 blood samples from captured raccoon dogs were collected from 2003 to 2010 and from 2008 to 2009, respectively, in Korea.

Raccoon dogs and African wild dogs are called «dogs» due to their morphological similarity to dogs.

In China and Finland, Raccoon Dogs are killed for their fur, which is widely faked as the fur of other species.

While wolves, foxes and other canines have no trouble braving the snowy, barren winter months, raccoon dogs living in far north ranges prefer to hunker down.

Often the fur comes from raccoon dogs.

What do raccoon dogs and guppies have in common?