Sometimes I find that "tanuki" in anime is used for (or translated as) red
pandas. But technically it should be raccoon dog. Does anyone know why?
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Tanuki. Red panda or raccoon dog?
This is a bad translation. I would imagine this was done as an error or for
the translators convenience. (saves having to explain what a Tanuki is to a
western audience)
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The correct translation to "tanuki" is raccoon dog. If it is translated as
something else, it is most likely that the translator do not fully understood
the word and translated to panda for simplicity.

I guess you are referring to the anime, "umaru". Your understanding is
correct, tanuki = raccoon.
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