Difference between Raccoon and Lemur

What is the difference between Raccoon and Lemur?

Raccoon as a noun is any member of the genus procyon. while Lemur as a noun is any animal of the prosimians, making up the infraorder lemur, the evolutionary predecessors of monkeys and apes, native only to madagascar and some surrounding islands.

Raccoon

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any member of the genus Procyon. A nocturnal omnivore originally living in Northern America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail, Procyon lotor.

Lemur

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any animal of the prosimians, making up the infraorder Lemur, the evolutionary predecessors of monkeys and apes, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.

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