Noun: ring-tailed cat
- Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
"The ring-tailed cat, also known as the ringtail, is often mistaken for a fox";
- bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus
Derived forms: ring-tailed cats
Type of: procyonid
Part of: Bassariscus, genus Bassariscus
Encyclopedia: Ring-tailed cat