Coon may refer to: Fauna Butterflies Coon, common name of the butterfly Astictopterus jama Coon, species group of the butterfly genus Atrophaneura, now genus Losaria Coon, common name of the butterfly Psolos fuligo Mammals Coon, an alternative name for Maine Coon, a breed of domestic cat Coon, a diminutive of raccoon People Coon (surname) Coön (, ), 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, a racial slur, used pejoratively to refer to a dark-skinned person of African, Australian First Nations, or Pacific island heritage. Coon Carnival, the original name for the Kaapse Klopse, a yearly minstrel festival in Cape Town, South Africa Coon Chicken Inn, 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, 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 Coon cheese, an Australian brand of cheese Coon hunting, a shortened form of the sport of raccoon hunting See also Coons (disambiguation) Coone (born 1983), a Belgian hardstyle musician and DJ Coonhound, a type of scent hound Koon (disambiguation)