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This paper reports the establishment of a discrimination based upon the number three in a male raccoon. Following a 6-month training period, the subject was able to select a clear Plexiglas cube containing 3 objects (grapes or small metal bells) from an array of cubes containing 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 items. The results confirm previous reports of “intelligence” in the raccoon, and extend the number of species in which sensitivity to number has been demonstrated (see review by Davis & Memmott, 1982).
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This research was supported in part by Grant A06973 from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
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Davis, H. Discrimination of the number three by a raccoon (Procyon lotor). Animal Learning & Behavior 12, 409–413 (1984). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03199987
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