Ringtail
(Bassariscus astutus)[] | |
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Species ID: | 3-6-54-449-14920 |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Procyonidae |
Genus: | Bassariscus |
Conservation status: | LC - Least Concern |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Links: | IUCN Red List |
Subspecies[]
- B. s. arizonensis
- B. s. astutus
- B. s. flavus
- B. s. nevadensis
- B. s. yumanensis
Other names[]
- Ringtail cat
- Ring-tailed at
- Miner's cat
- Bassarisk
Diet[]
- Birds
- Rodents
- Rabbits
- Snakes
- Lizards
- Amphibians
- Berries
- Fruits
- Insects
Biomes[]
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
- Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
- Temperate coniferous forests
- Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
- Deserts and xeric shrublands
- Mangroves
Locations[]

Ecoregion range
Ecozones[]
Ecoregions[]
- NA0201 Sonoran-Sinaloan transition subtropical dry forest
- NA0302 Sierra Madre Occidental pine-oak forests
- NA0303 Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests
- NA0405 East Central Texas forests
- NA0409 Mississippi lowland forests
- NA0412 Ozark Mountain forests
- NA0503 Arizona Mountains forests
- NA0508 Central and Southern Cascades forests
- NA0510 Central Pacific coastal forests
- NA0511 Colorado Rockies forests
- NA0512 Eastern Cascades forests
- NA0515 Great Basin montane forests
- NA0516 Klamath-Siskiyou forests
- NA0519 Northern California coastal forests
- NA0523 Piney Woods forests
- NA0526 Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir pine-oak forests
- NA0527 Sierra Nevada forests
- NA0530 Wasatch and Uinta montane forests
- NA0701 Western Gulf Coastal grasslands
- NA0801 California Central Valley grasslands
- NA0803 Central and Southern mixed grasslands
- NA0804 Central forest-grasslands transition
- NA0806 Edwards Plateau savanna
- NA0807 Flint Hills tall grasslands
- NA0814 Texas blackland prairies
- NA0815 Western short grasslands
- NA1201 California coastal sage and chaparral
- NA1202 California interior chaparral and woodlands
- NA1203 California montane chaparral and woodlands
- NA1301 Baja California desert
- NA1302 Central Mexican matorral
- NA1303 Chihuahuan desert
- NA1304 Colorado Plateau shrublands
- NA1305 Great Basin shrub steppe
- NA1306 Gulf of California xeric scrub
- NA1307 Meseta Central matorral
- NA1308 Mojave desert
- NA1310 Sonoran desert
- NA1311 Tamaulipan matorral
- NA1312 Tamaulipan mezquital
- NA1313 Wyoming Basin shrub steppe
- NT0146 Oaxacan montane forests
- NT0176 Veracruz moist forests
- NT0177 Veracruz montane forests
- NT0204 Bajío dry forests
- NT0205 Balsas dry forests
- NT0217 Jalisco dry forests
- NT0227 Sierra de la Laguna dry forests
- NT0228 Sinaloan dry forests
- NT0230 Southern Pacific dry forests
- NT0233 Veracruz dry forests
- NT0307 Sierra de la Laguna pine-oak forests
- NT0308 Sierra Madre de Oaxaca pine-oak forests
- NT0309 Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests
- NT0310 Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests
- NT1314 San Lucan xeric scrub
- NT1316 Tehuacán Valley matorral
- NT1404 Northern Mesoamerican Pacific mangroves