The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Raccoon \Rac*coon"\ (r[a^]k*k[=oo]n"), n. [F. raton, prop., a
   little rat, fr. rat rat, perhaps of German origin. See
   Rat.] (Zool.)
   A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied
   to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail,
   banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with
   black and white. Called also coon, and mapach.
   [1913 Webster]

   Raccoon dog (Zool.), the tanate.

   Raccoon fox (Zool.), the cacomixle.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

raccoon fox
    n 1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the
         southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with
         black and white rings [syn: bassarisk, cacomistle,
         cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring-
         tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus
         astutus]