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Cacomistle ( Bassariscus sumichrasti )
Cacomistle - taken in Escuintla, Guatemala.
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Cacomistle
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(kk´ms´´l), small New World mammal, genus Bassaricus, related to the raccoon. There are two species, one found in Mexico and the SW United States, the other in Central America.
The kinkajou belongs to the raccoon family and is directly related to the red panda that lives in the Himalayas and China, the olingo, the civet or ring-tailed cat and cacomistle, which are New World residents.
Also known as:
Babisuri, Bandtailed Cat, Basaride, Bassarisk, Cacomistle, Cacomixtle, Civet Cat, Comandreja, Guayanoche, Mico de Noche, Mico Rayado, Onza, Pintorabo, Ring-tailed Cat, Rintel, Sal Coyote
Sexual Dimorphism:
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Ring-tailed Cat (B. astutus) Â- Cacomistle (B. sumichrasti)
Nasua
(Coatis inclusive)
White-nosed Coati (N. narica) Â- South American Coati (N. nasua) ...
Threats to Survival
: Enemies include medium sized mammal predators such as raccoons, cacomistle, coatimundi, weasels, skunks, ground birds such as roadrunners, lizards, tarantulas, one another, and possibly scorpions.
Family Procyonidae
coatis, raccoons, and relatives
(Also: cacomistle, coatis, raccoons, and relatives)
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Other, smaller carnivores in zoos vary from the familiar, like raccoons, otters, and mongooses, to the less familiar red pandas, coatis, martens, and honey badgers, and the practically unknown cacomistles, kinkajous, linsangs, zorillas, ...
Procyonidae is a New World family of the order Carnivora. It includes the raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles. Procyonids inhabit a wide range of environments, and are generally omnivorous.
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Although they are not related to cats, people have referred to them as miner’s cat (historically appreciated as a mouser), civet cat (because of pungent secretion from anal glands), and cacomistle (an Aztec Nahuatl term meaning half mountain ...
Raccoons are members of the Family Procyonidae which includes the cacomistle, kinkajou and coatis.
Ringtails are often referred to as miner's cat. Miners commonly used this animal as a mouser, giving it that name. The other common name of cacomistle comes from the Nahuatl word tlacomiztli, meaning "half-mountain lion."
oregon zoo exhibit ...
Look closely to find a desert lizard perched on a rock outcropping. Watch the stunning ocelot stretch after a catnap. Then enter the batcave! This nocturnal area features vampire and pallid bats, coatis, and cacomistles.
 See also: Raccoon, Kinkajou, Coyote, Civet, Ocelot
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