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Answer for the clue "Raccoon's cousin ", 8 letters:
ringtail

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ringtail , also known as tail necrosis , is an epidermal disease that may occur in rats , mice , hamsters and other rodents . In affected individuals, the tail swells as a consequence of annular constrictions along its length (hence the name "ringtail") ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ringtail \Ring"tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail . Ringtail boom (Naut.), a spar which is ...

Usage examples of ringtail.

Still as a statue in the almost realized hope of going unnoticed was a ringtail cat.

The ringtail was not much food, and was tough and strong-tasting, but its meat gave him strength.

You want the smaller skins, treewee, ringtail, even swamp rat, no less beautiful than the others.

His mother had trapped many creatures: coatis, and ringtails, and foxes.

Later, when they camped for the night, Conan could set snares for rabbits or ringtails, which they could roast over the evening's fire.