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Can raccoons be kept privately?

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Legally speaking, raccoons can be kept by individuals. According to my country's "National Key Protected Wildlife List", only the red panda in the raccoon family is a Class II protected animal, so it can be kept.

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1. Raccoons include the commonly seen raccoons, raccoons with rings on their tails and honey bears, and the other includes red pandas. Raccoons live in America and look very cute, with fat, round faces and obvious white and black stripes on their bodies. Raccoons are omnivorous animals that eat fish, frogs and small terrestrial animals, as well as wild fruits, nuts, seeds, acorns, etc.

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2. Bear species: Big brown bear; Big brown bears are mainly distributed in Europe and the Asian continent north of the Himalayas. Malayan bear; Malayan bear is the smallest of the bear species. Polar bear; Polar bears have milky white fur, which is very beautiful, with a relatively small head and a long neck. There are also Asian black bears, sloth bears, Indian bears, etc.

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3.Red pandas are distributed in Shaanxi, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan, and Tibet in China. They are found in Myanmar, India, Sikkim, Nepal, and other places abroad. Red pandas have cat faces and bear bodies, look like cats but not cats, look like bears but not bears, and drag a thick tail with colorful rings. They are not very sensitive, alert, docile, flexible, and good at climbing. They have adapted to omnivorous eating, and mainly feed on plants. They mostly eat tender leaves and fruits, and sometimes also prey on birds and bird eggs. They sleep at noon and night, forage in the morning and evening, and climb high trees to rest during the rest of the time.

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