Coon

Coon may refer to:

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 (Κόων, Κόωνος), 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, Indigenous Australian, or Pacific islander 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

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