ring-tailed civet cat

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ring-tailed civet cat

noun ring-tailed civet cats

  1. dated, obsolete, regional Synonym of ringtail (“Bassariscus astutus”). The only representative of the family viverridæ in America is the ring-tailed civet cat of Mexico and California; it is neither a civet nor a genet, though most resembling the latter, but the Bassaris astuta (Licht.).

    Similar: ringtail

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@misc{ring_tailed_civet_cat_2026,
  title = {ring-tailed civet cat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ring-tailed%20civet%20cat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}