Are raccoons rodents or are they marsupials?

Are raccoons rodents or are they marsupials? They are neither rodents nor marsupials. Raccoons are mammals and they are omnivores. read more

Compare this with rodents that mostly eat vegetation and marsupials that give birth to barely developed young. Raccoons are placental animals and the young are well developed at birth, though they are born blind, deaf, and defenseless. read more

They are neither rodents nor marsupials. Raccoons are mammals and they are omnivores. They have very sharp teeth that suit them for hunting prey from insects and other invertebrates to fish, amphibians, reptiles, and even birds or bird eggs if they can get them. However, about 40% of a raccoon’s diet consists of vegetation. Compare this with rodents that mostly eat vegetation and marsupials that give birth to barely developed young. read more