White raccoon dog and its characteristics

Raccoon dogs in nature have always been bluish brown, and this common color type is genetically called the wild type. In 1974, Harbin Zoo in Heilongjiang Province acquired a rare male white raccoon dog (eyes and kisses are light pink). In 1980, yellowish brown or light blue eyes and black white raccoon dogs or white raccoon dogs were found one after another in three northeastern provinces. These special color types, which are different from the wild type, are called mutants. The Special products Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has successfully cultivated the existing new color type of white raccoon dog in China after nearly 10 years of research.

From the phenotypic point of view, the existing new color types of white raccoon dogs in China can be divided into two types: one is that the hairs and hairs of other parts of the body are white except the rims of the eyes, the margin of the ear, the tip of the nose, claws and the tip of the tail, and the other is that the hairs and hairs of all parts of the body are white. The coat colors of the two kinds of white raccoon dogs are lovable, their body shape is not significantly different from that of the common raccoon dogs, and their behavior is more tame than that of the common raccoon dogs.