The adult mail may roam about 2 miles from this range. Raccoons stay in their dens during the day. Raccoons that live in wooded areas have their dens in a hollow log, stump, or in a tree. They also make their homes in abandoned barns or farmhouses. In marshy areas that have no trees raccoons make their nests in the high grass.
Raccoons live in North and South America.
Raccoons that live in the north sleep for long periods of time during the winter, but they do not hibernate. Both the northern and crab eating raccoons eat crabs. They also eat crayfish, frogs, and other fresh water animals. Raccoons eat turtles, eggs, acorns, birds, corn, fruit, nuts, and small land animals such as grasshoppers and mice. The raccoon dunks its food in the water before eating it.