Bassariscus
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Procyonidae |
| Subfamily: | Procyoninae |
| Genus: | Bassariscus Coues, 1887 |
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Bassariscus is a genus in the family Procyonidae. There are two species in the genus: the ringtail or ring-tailed cat (B. astutus) and the cacomistle (B. sumichrasti). Genetic studies have suggested that the closest relatives of Bassariscus are raccoons.[1]
The genus was first described by Elliott Coues in 1887. He proposed the word "bassarisk" as the English term for animals in this genus.[2] Its habitat includes semi-arid areas in the southwestern United States,[3] as well as moist tropical forests in Central America.
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Wikispecies has information related to: Ringtail Cat |
- ^ K.-P. Koepfli, M. E. Gompper, E. Eizirik, C.-C. Ho, L. Linden, J. E. Maldonado, R. K. Wayne (2007). "Phylogeny of the Procyonidae (Mammalia: Carvnivora): Molecules, morphology and the Great American Interchange". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43 (3): 1076–1095. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.10.003. PMID 17174109.
- ^ Elliott Coues (1887). "Bassariscus, a new generic name in mammalogy". Science 9 (225): 516. doi:10.1126/science.ns-9.225.516. PMID 17748409.
- ^ http://bss.sfsu.edu/holzman/courses/Fall02%20projects/Ringtail.htm
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