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Ringtails, State Mammal of Arizona

Is it a cat? Is it a fox? Is it a raccoon? It is a ring-tailed cat, a raccoon family member whose scientific name (Bassariscus astutus) means "cunning little fox."

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Kinkajous (Potos flavus): Ringtails That Tightrope-Walk Their Own Prehensile Tails

Kinkajous are energetic extroverts as exotic pets. They delight foster families by devouring insect pests. They dismay human friends by raiding garden fruits and vegetables.

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Olingos (Bassaricyon): Balsa-Pollinating, Fig-Propagating Exotic Pet of Central and South America

A pair of cinnamon eyes does not belong to a starved vampire. The look is the monopoly of the olingo. It keeps exotic pet and wildlife lovers from confusing olingos with kinkajous.

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Olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina): Ring-Tailed Discovery in the Lofty Andes and Museum Fundraising Toy

Olinguitos (Bassaricyon neblina) are cuddly bear-faced, house cat-sized, ring-tailed mammals whose neotropical presence is one of the 21st century's great scientific discoveries.

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Mountain Coati (Nasuella meridensis, Nasuella olivacea): Ringtail of Lofty Andean Highlands

The mountain coati (Nasuella spp) is a charmingly photogenic, elusively agile, environmentally critical wild dweller of lofty heights in northern South America's northern Andes.

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White Nosed Coati (Nasua narica): New World Ringtail With Noxious Scent Glands for Defensive Volleys

The White Nosed Coati (Nasua narica) is a ring-tailed mammal native to the New World from southwestern United States southward into northern South America.

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Brown Nosed Coati (Nasua nasua): Iconic Symbol of Iguazu Falls Park and Wild Pet of Brazil

The brown-nosed, ring-tailed, South American coati (Nasua nasua) is an amusingly social, eminently domesticable, intelligently observant wild species of the subtropics and tropics.

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Cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti): Forest Loving Ringtail of Mexico and Central America

As with its relative, the Ring-Tailed Cat (Bassariscus astutus), cacomistle is a New World native. Forest-loving cacomistles are sensitive to effects of deforestation.

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