Abstract
An investigation of the parasitic helminths in 61 feral and 7 captive individuals of raccoons, Procyon lotor, colected in Hokkaido, Japan, was done, and Toxocara tanuki(Ascarididae:Nematoda)[Number of raccoons positively infected:1], Metagonimus takahashii(Heterophyidae:Trematoda)[2]and Euparyphium sp.(Echinostomatidae:Trematoda)[7], were obtained from the feral raccoons. This is the first record of these helminth species from this host species.
