Description

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COMMENTS: Revised by Rhoads (1893). See Poglayen-Neuwall and Toweill (1988, Mammalian Species, 327).

Common Names

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Ring-tailed cat, Cacomistle , English

Cacomixtle norteño , Spanish; Castilian

Ringtail , English

Ringtail , English

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Procyonidae

Genus: Bassariscus

Species: Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein, 1830)