A second of four racoons that went missing from a zoo on the Isle of Wight has been captured.

The results identify a shortlist of animals – including racoon dogs, civets and bamboo rats – as potential sources of the pandemic.

If a species is a generalist, able to adapt to its circumstances — think about the racoons or deer in your suburban neighborhood, or the capuchin in this study — it may need less help.

“If a man’s coming through my window or a bear or a racoon — it doesn’t matter,” she said.

They have eclipsed the alligator as apex predator and are disrupting fragile ecosystems like the iconic Everglades National Park by preying on native species like bobcats, racoons and opossums.