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GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — A raccoon killed by a dog in Gastonia has tested positive for rabies, marking the third confirmed rabies case in Gaston County this year, police said. READ MORE ...

After the positive test, an officer confirmed that neighbors’ animals also were current on the rabies vaccination, police said.

"Another individual in the area said, 'That wasn't a bear, it was a raccoon,'" said Deputy Chief ... where residents have mistaken a dog for a coyote. Black bears are the only bear species found ...

And the animal at the top of the list is the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides). “There is a large focus on raccoon dogs,” says Kristian Andersen, an evolutionary biologist at Scripps ...