Ringtail
Bassariscus astutus
Summary 2
This animal can be found in Iron county.The ringtail is smaller than a house cat only 1.5 lb. easily to distinguish with it tail that has white and black stripes all the way to the body. easy way to distinguish between the ringtail and a raccoon is the ringtail is more slender and longer than it is wide as well it has a lighter coat than the raccoon. It has a pointed muzzle with long whiskers.
Description 3
The ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) is a mammal of the raccoon family (thus not actually a cat), native to arid regions of North America. It is also known as the ringtail cat, ring-tailed cat, miner's cat or "marv cat", and is also sometimes mistakenly called a "civet cat" (after similar, though unrelated, cat-like omnivores of Asia and Africa). The ringtail is sometimes called a cacomistle, though this term seems to be more often used to refer to...
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