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The canines, named for their raccoon-like faces, are often bred for their fur and sold for meat in animal markets across China.

However, the new findings do not settle the question, and they have not been formally reviewed by other experts or published in a peer-reviewed journal.  

(CTN NEWS) - Raccoon dog DNA was found in genetic samples from a Chinese market not far from where the first human cases of COVID-19 were discovered.

The raccoon dog earns its name from its facial markings similar to raccoons. The animals are known to be sold at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, where many virologists suspect that the Covid-19 pandemic may have started.

The findings are significant, even though they aren't definitive

These findings do not settle the question of the origin, and they have not been formally reviewed by other experts or published in a peer-reviewed journal

Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of Covid-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus,

How the coronavirus emerged remains unclear.

International scientists who examined previously unavailable genetic data from samples collected at a market close to where the first human cases of COVID-19 were detected in China said they found suggestions the pandemic originated from animals, not a lab.

International scientists who examined previously unavailable genetic data from samples collected at a market close to where the first human cases of covid-19 were detected in China said they found suggestions the pandemic originated from animals, not a lab. Other experts have not yet verified their analysis, which also has