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[David Costa]

Depends on what kind of French you're talking about. In ALL the old French
documents I've looked at, the French name for the raccoon is 'chat sauvage'.
Clearly it was the standard name for the animal. I think this term is now
considered a 'Canadianism'.

Dave

> As far as raccoons are concerned, the French term in my Peterson Field Guide
> for British and European mammals gives raton laveur.  So, in French a raccoon
> is a rat, not a cat.