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The character 狸 is a phono-semantic compound designed to categorize and name medium-sized mammalian predators. Its left-side radical 犭, an alternative form of 犬 (dog), serves as the standard semantic marker for beasts and wild animals, firmly anchoring the character in the realm of zoology. The right-side component 里, which ordinarily translates to 'village' or a unit of distance, acts purely as a phonetic indicator. As the simplified form of the earlier 貍, the term was historically applied broadly to various wild, forest-dwelling animals possessing similar physical features, most notably the raccoon dog, wildcat, and fox, and it remains in current use within both binomial nomenclature and everyday language to denote these furry, carnivorous mammals.
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一只狐狸在跑。
狸猫喜欢夜晚。
狐狸的尾巴很蓬松。
那只狸猫在树上睡觉。
狐狸悄悄地穿过草丛。
狸猫和狐狸都是夜行动物。
当月亮升起时，狸猫开始觅食。
由于栖息地破坏，狸猫的数量逐渐减少。
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