Ringtail: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the ringtail lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Bassariscus astutus
Group	Raccoons, coatis & relatives
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Mass	27 g (birth weight); 985 g (adult weight)
Diet (main food)	insect, fish, berry, carrion, fruit, bird, Scincella vandenburghi
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Procyonidae

Where does the ringtail live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the ringtail in 2 countries and territories across North America. Wikidata gives its range as: United States, Mexico.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a ringtail?

Wikidata records the following for the ringtail: mass 27 g (birth weight); 985 g (adult weight).

What does a ringtail eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the ringtail as: insect, fish, berry, carrion, fruit, bird, Scincella vandenburghi.

Is the ringtail endangered?

The ringtail’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the ringtail?

The ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Procyonidae, genus Bassariscus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the ringtail

The ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) is a mammal of the raccoon family native to arid regions of North America. It is widely distributed and well-adapted to its distributed areas. It has been legally trapped for its fur. Globally, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List but is a Conservation Strategy Species in Oregon and Fully Protected in California. The ringtail is the state mammal of Arizona.

The species is known by a variety of common names, such as ring-tailed cat, miner's cat, civet cat, and cacomistle (or cacomixtle), though as a relative of the raccoon, the ringtail is only distantly related to Feliform true cats and civets, and "cacomistle" can also refer to B. sumichrasti.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ringtail (revision 1376225921), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q632701 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).