>there are people that think zigzagoon is a raccoon and not a raccoon dog
It has belly drum which references tanuki folklore, and was removed from the galar version (which bulbapedo thinks is supposed to be an actual raccoon for some reason)
Has a more canid shape like an actual raccoon dogs, also its mask resembles the mask of raccoon dogs more than american raccoons
>no stripe down the forehead
it has a smaller tail like raccoon dogs too, and for some reason tanuki in media are given long banded raccoon tails but irl raccoon dogs have short tails.