 Japanese raccoon dog

The Japanese raccoon dog ("Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus"), also known as in Japanese, is a subspecies of the Asian raccoon dog.Researchers have suggested that they be considered a separate species, "N. viverrinus", or that raccoon dogs of Japan could be further divisible into separate subspecies as "N. p. procyonoides" ("hondo-tanuki") and "N. p. albus" ("ezo-tanuki"), but both views are controversial.