It has a band of black hair around its eyes. The black hair looks like a mask. Seven species of raccoons live in the world. The northern raccoon is 30 to 38 inches long. They weigh 12 to 25 pounds.
Raccoons have stiff, long hair.
The hair is generally gray with yellow or brown. Raccoons have tails which are 12 inches long. A raccoon's tail has from 5 to 7 rings. They also have a pointed snout and long flexible fingers. They have sharp claws.