Raccoons are very clean and use a common latrine in the wild. The number of deaths caused by natural predators is insignificant compared to the number of deaths caused by man. Natural predators are cougars, bobcats, wolves, coyotes, alligators, foxes, and great horned owls.
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#RACCOON PREDATORS PROFESSIONAL#
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An estimated 3-4 raccoons were present on the island.
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In 1991, we described and quantified raccoon predation within a 14.9-ha colony of about 1,200 pairs of ancient murrelets (Synthliboramphus antiquus).
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We evaluated the threat posed by introduced raccoons (Procyon lotor) to native, burrow-nesting seabirds of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.