What Animal Lives Where

Where has the raccoon dog been recorded?

Nyctereutes procyonoides occurrence evidence comes from 4,187 records in 17 countries and territories, from 1904 to 2026. Most records come from South Korea.

raccoon dog
raccoon dog — Photo (display-sized rendition): Ryzhkov Sergey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
MammaliaCarnivoraCanidaeNyctereutes

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

4,187 records across 17 countries and territories, 1904–2026.

Nyctereutes procyonoides · GBIF taxon key 2434552

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: September.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19042026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where raccoon dog has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for raccoon dog. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
South Korea 3,429
Sweden 489
Austria 93
Belgium 68
Germany 36
Japan 24
China 13
Russia 10
Ukraine 6
Finland 5
United States 5
Estonia 4
Åland Islands 1
France 1
Lithuania 1
Luxembourg 1
Romania 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.