North American ringtail

English

Noun

North American ringtail (plural North American ringtails)

  1. A small carnivorous mammal with a distinctive black-and-white ringed tail, native to the southwestern United States and Mexico; Bassariscus astutus.
    • 1979, Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, Raccoons, Coatimundis, and Their Family, Holiday House, page 83:
      While the North American ringtail lives in rocky regions with scattered trees, its Central American relative lives in dense, moist forests and spends most of its time in the trees.
    • 1999, “Ringtail”, in Michael A. Mares, editor, Encyclopedia of Deserts, page 477:
      The North American ringtail, Bassariscus astutus, generally occurs in semiarid deserts, rocky areas, and canyons of the southwestern United States and Mexico but is usually never found far from water.

References

  • “North American Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) Fact Sheet”, in San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library‎[1], c. 2015, archived from the original on 7 May 2015.
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