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Fig. 3. — Bacula and epiphyses in raccoons of various estimated ages. 
No. 84: captive, 35 months old, adult-type baculum, 
closed epiphyses. 
No. 119B: wild, 20 months old, adult-type baculum, thin 
epiphyses. 
No, 87: captive, 19 months old, adult-type baculum. 
No. 121: wild, 19 months old, intermediate baculum, 
thin epiphyses. 
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No. 207: captive, 10 months old, intermediate baculum, 
broad epiphyses; reared as a pet until 9 months of 
age. 
No. 219: wild, 15 months old, intermediate baculum. 
No. 319: captive, 12 months old, juvenile-type baculum. 
No. 147: wild, 10 months old, juvenile-type baculum, 
broad epiphyses. 
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