North American ringtail

English Ringtail thumb Noun North American ringtail A small carnivorous mammal with a distinctive black-and-white ringed tail, native to the southwestern United States and Mexico; Bassariscus astutus species. en 1979 w:Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Raccoons, Coatimundis, and Their Family 83 w:Holiday House 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. en 1999 Ringtail Encyclopedia of Deserts w:Michael A. Mares 477 https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=3RLeDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA637 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 en c. 2015 North American Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) Fact Sheet San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/ringtail/summary https://web.archive.org/web/20150507205603/https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/ringtail. en Procyonids