If you see a very furry animal with a mask around his or her eyes, it may be a raccoon. Raccoons mate in February or March. It takes 63 days for a little raccoon to be born. When the raccoon is born it is blind and deaf and weighs just 2 ounces. The adult raccoons are 20 to 45 inches long including the tail and weigh 6 to 30 pounds.
Raccoons have hands that look like human hands.
They have a tail that is ringed. Raccoons are the best known creatures in North America. They have many different habitats. In Colorado, raccoons are found mostly along the streams and near farms on the eastern plains. On the western slope, raccoons are found mostly along the rivers such as the Colorado River, the Yampa River, and the San Juan River.