Word for "Raccoon-like" or "Raccoon-esque"?

ODO on raccoon

Genus Procyon, family Procyonidae (the raccoon family): two species, in particular the common raccoon (P. lotor), which often occurs in urban areas in North America. The raccoon family also includes the coati, kinkajou, cacomistle, and olingo

Procyonide, procyonic, procyonine perhaps. There must be a rule for forming an adjective from a Greek noun ending -ον.


By analogy to wolves(species), the word would be lotorine. However, that term does not occur on the web; although there is a pun about a coon being arrested for 'lotoring'.


Are you looking for a technical term or something that would be understood in normal conversation? If the former ... I don't know of any, and couldn't find one with an (admittedly brief) search. If the latter, you can find the word "racoonish" used frequently.


Though your request was for a word, since there does not seem to be one that is readily understood, how about one of these phrase-structures "...of a raccoon" or "racoon-like..." instead?

Examples:

  • It had the nimble dexterity of a racoon

  • It lumbered by with a distinct racoon-like gait

  • The bandit's mask gave him a comical racoon-like appearance