"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message |
Not overwhelmingly. There are at most two species of mammal that
have lived in the UK for more than 10,000 years - fox and mountain
(blue) hare. All others have introduced themselves or been
introduced.

I don't know how well raccoons (or coatis, for that matter) will be
able to take the winters. Like many plants, some mammals which are
adapted to cold aren't very good at taking long, dark, wet winters.
They probably would survive in some areas, but it isn't certain.
I don't know how they handle winters in north America.

They survive up to southern Canada in the same way that Grey Squirrels do,
they store fat for the winter and sleep out the really bad days but get
active again in any mild spell.
They certainly seem to have a big problem with them in some parts of
Germany, introduced in the 1930s, and now they are moving into Austria.

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