Black masks, omnivorous eating habits, and dexterous paws. Facts and stats about Procyon lotor. ... The adult raccoon is a medium-sized mammal and the largest of the Procyonidae family.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A raccoon-sized, feather-clad dinosaur that roamed China 130 million years ago shared a distinctive trait with the furry modern mammal that topples trash cans ...

Paleontologists continue to wring new and unusual details from Sinosauropteryx remains — like the brown mark streaked over its snout from its eyes to cheeks, much like the bandit mask on a raccoon.