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ringtail
Sign in to saveAlso known as ring-tailed cat, Bassariscus astutus, cacomistle
The ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) is a mammal of the raccoon family native to arid regions of North America. It is widely distributed and well-adapted to its distributed areas. It has been legally trapped for its fur. Globally, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List but is a Conservation Strategy Species in Oregon and Fully Protected in California The ringtail is the state mammal of Arizona.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 637 inbound references to ringtail, and connects out to Hyaenidae, sea lion and Bassariscus sumichrasti.
It is catalogued under topics including Bassariscus, Carnivorans of North America and Fauna of the Baja California Peninsula.
Vinony links it to 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Bassariscus
- Mass
- 985
- Image
- Bassariscus.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Bassariscus astutus
- Commons category
- Bassariscus astutus
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- longest observed lifespan
- 19
- Commons gallery
- Bassariscus astutus
- taxon common name
- Nordamerikanisches Katzenfrett
- gestation period
- 52
- litter size
- 2.5
- sequenced genome URL
- www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Bassariscus_astutus
- taxon range
- Mexico
- habitat
- arid
- has characteristic
- omnivore
- main food source
- insect
- short name
- B. astutus
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Description
- Reproduction
- Range and habitat
- Diet
- Ecology
- Tameability
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) is a mammal of the raccoon family native to arid regions of North America. It is widely distributed and well-adapted to its distributed areas. It has been legally trapped for its fur. Globally, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List but is a Conservation Strategy Species in Oregon and Fully Protected in California The ringtail is the state mammal of Arizona.
The species is known by a variety of common names, such as ring-tailed cat, '''miner's cat, civet cat, and cacomistle (or cacomixtle'), though as a relative of the raccoon, the ringtail is only distantly related to Feliform true cats and civets, and "cacomistle" can also refer to B. sumichrasti''.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ringtail” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.