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Are Cats Related To Raccoons?

If you are wondering if cats and raccoons are related, technically speaking, raccoons belong to the family Procyonidae. This family consists of animals such as the coatis, olingos, ringtails, kinkajous and red panda. (Though some scientists think that the red panda should be placed in a family of its own)

Cats on the other hand belong to the Felidae family. It should be noted however that both the Procyonidae and Felidae families are part of the order Carnivora. However other than this similarity, cats and raccoons do not have much else in common as far as any relations go.

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  1. Jannananananananna says

    February 19, 2015 at 3:53 am

    Thanks! I have an exam and I was worried beacuse I didn’t know.

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  2. Karlie Kent says

    November 20, 2015 at 10:26 am

    Since they are kind of related do the cats get standing on there hind legs and eating stuff out of there paws from raccoons????

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  3. Zane Allen says

    June 16, 2016 at 9:36 am

    as if, you have no idea what you are talking about Cats and Raccoons are the exact same thing check wikipedia

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