Coon may refer to:

Fauna

Butterflies

* Coon, common name of the butterfly '' Astictopterus jama'' * Coon, species group of the butterfly genus ''

Atrophaneura Red-bodied swallowtails, or ruby swallowtail (due to the color), are butterflies in the swallowtail family, that belong to the genera ''Atrophaneura'', ''Byasa'', ''Losaria'', or ''Pachliopta''. They are generally found in Asia (Indomalayan rea ...

'', now genus ''Losaria'' * Coon, a common name of the skipper butterfly '' Psolos fuligo''

Mammals

* Coon, an alternative name for

Maine Coon The Maine Coon is a large Domestication, domesticated breeds of cats, cat breed. One of the oldest natural breeds in North America, the breed originated in the U.S. state of Maine, where it is the official List of U.S. state mammals, state cat ...

, a breed of domestic cat * Coon, a diminutive of

raccoon The raccoon ( or , ''Procyon lotor''), sometimes called the North American, northern or common raccoon (also spelled racoon) to distinguish it from Procyonina, other species of raccoon, is a mammal native to North America. It is the largest ...

People

* Coon (surname) *

Coön In Greek mythology, Coön (, gen. Κόωνος), also known as Cynon (Κύνων), was the eldest son of Antenor and Theano. Like most of his brothers, he fought and fell in the Trojan War. Family Coön was the brother of Crino, Acamas, Agenor ...

(, ), a Trojan warrior who during the Trojan War wounded Agamemnon

Arts and entertainment

* " Coon 2: Hindsight", a 2010 episode of American animated series ''South Park'' * " The Coon", a 2009 episode of American animated series ''South Park'' * Coon Can or Conquian, a card game

Slang

* Coon (slur), racial slur used pejoratively to refer to a dark-skinned person of African, Indigenous Australian, or Pacific islander heritage * Coon Carnival, the original name for the

Kaapse Klopse The Kaapse Klopse (or simply Klopse), officially named the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival, is a traditionally Cape Coloured minstrel festival that takes place annually on 2 January in Cape Town, South Africa. The festival is also referred to as T ...

, a yearly minstrel festival in Cape Town, South Africa *

Coon Chicken Inn Coon Chicken Inn was an American restaurant chain, chain of three restaurants that was founded by Maxon Lester Graham and Adelaide Burt in 1925, which prospered until the late 1950s. The restaurant's name contained the word ''Coon'', considered ...

, a former American restaurant chain whose trademarks and entrances were designed to look like a smiling blackface caricature of an African-American porter *

Coon song Coon songs were a genre of music that presented a stereotype of black people. They were popular in the United States and Australia from around 1880 to 1920, though the earliest such songs date from minstrel shows as far back as 1848, when they we ...

, a genre of music that presented a stereotyped image of black people * Coonass or Coon-ass, an epithet used in reference to a person of Cajun ethnicity

Other uses

* Cheer cheese, formerly Coon cheese, an Australian brand of cheese * Coon hunting, a shortened form of the sport of raccoon hunting