Buy Animal Crossing bells, items, villagers, and more. In the modern Tokyo standard dialect, tanuki refers to raccoon dogs and anaguma refers to badgers.

There are three tanuki in the games so far, and all of them have been special characters.

Austin John Plays Recommended for you Same day in-game dodo delivery! 5 Big Myths BUSTED in Animal Crossing New Horizons - Removing Villagers, Dodo Blushing, Money Trees - Duration: 20:32. In folklore and tradition. Tanuki, otherwise known as "raccoon dogs", are a species of character in Animal Crossing.Tanuki are frequently confused with raccoons in Western culture (and referred to as raccoons in-game), but they are actually of the same biological family as dogs and wolves..

Tanukis/Raccoons are a species of character in the Animal Crossing series, represented by Tom Nook and his associates Timmy and Tommy. An animal known as tanuki in one region may be known as mujina in another region. Taxidermy of a Japanese raccoon dog, wearing waraji on its feet: This tanuki is displayed in a Buddhist temple in Japan, in the area of the folktale "Bunbuku Chagama".