Location:  from the southwestern U.S. (southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) through northern Argentina.

Size: up to 8kg in weight, up to 69 cm long

Current Status: threatened by habitat destruction

Habitat: ranging from hot and arid areas to humid Amazonian rainforests or even cold Andean mountain slopes, including grasslands and bushy areas

Fast facts:
--- members of the raccoon family
--- predators foxes, dogs, ocelots, eagles and jaguars
--- eat fruit, lizards, rodents, small birds, birds' eggs, and crocodile eggs