- bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring-tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus - raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
--1 is a kind of procyonid
--1 is a member of Bassariscus, genus Bassariscus