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To: Slings and Arrows

I don’t believe that raccoons are rodents.


5 posted on 11/01/2013 11:34:19 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: JimRed
I don’t believe that raccoons are rodents.

And in America, that is your right!

[The article also mentions rats and mice.]

7 posted on 11/01/2013 11:54:44 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: JimRed

You are correct. Rodent refers to members of the order “Rodentia”. Racoons are in the order “Carnivora”, same as tigers, lions, wolves, bears, and the like.


8 posted on 11/02/2013 12:09:01 AM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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