raikoon

raikoon
sanrakshan sthiti
khatre se baahar (IUCN) [1]
vaigyaanik vargeekaran
jagat: jantu sangh: kauradeta (Chordata) varg: stanadhaari (Mammalia) gan: maansaahaari (Carnivora) kul: prosaayonidaae (Procyonidae) prajaati: prosaayan (Procyon) jaati: prosaayan lotor P. lotor
dvipd naam
Procyon lotor (lineyas, 1758)
raikoonon ka mool nivaas (laal) aur vistrut nivaas (neela)
paryaaya
Ursus lotor lineyas, 1758

raikoon uttar America mein milne wala ek maadhyam akaar ka stanadhaari jaanavar hai. iske shareer ki lambaai 40 se 70 seinteemeetar hoti hai aur iska vajn 3.5 se 9 kilo hota hai. raikoon ek nishaachari jeev (raat mein jaagakar gatividhi karne wala) hai aur sarvaahaari (maans-vanaspati donon khaane wala) hai. iska shareer bhoore baalon se dhaaka hota hai aur iske chehare par aaainkhon ke oopar kaale rang ke baal ek nakaab jaisa naksha banaate hain. raikoon apni chaturata ke liye mashahoor hain aur ve aksar manushyon se khaana aur anya cheejein chori kar lete hain. vaigyaanik adhyayan ne dikhaaya hai ke inki smaran-shakti bhi bahut tej hai. inke saamane ke do panje ooaingaleenuma haathon ki tarah hote hain aur inse raikoonon ko cheejein pakadne, kheenchne aur todne mein kaafi sakshamata mil jaati hai.

"raikoon" ko angreji mein "raccoon" likha jaata hai. yeh shabd "proto-ailgonkvin" naam ki mool ameriki aadivaasi bhaasha se liya gaya hai, jismein "aharaah-koon-ऍm" ka matlab hota tha "vah jo apne haathon se malata aur kharonchata hai." inka vaigyaanik naam prosaayon lotar (Procyon lotor) hai.

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