Mammals of the World: Ring-tailed Cat

The Ring-tailed Cat (Bassariscus astutus) is the 17th species in my Mammals of the World series.

Please watch to the end for the credits.

Music: "Traveller" by Nicholas Gunn

Category:

Education

Tags:

• ring
• tailed
• cat
• ringtail
• bassariscus
• astutus
• raccoon
• family
• Procyonidae
• omnivore
• cute
• furry
• critter

[bcforrester11]

i kill about 90 of these fuckers every year

[cre8ivmind]

@bcforrester11 That's a shame. Wildlife rules. Anthropocentrism and Big Agriculture suck balls.

[oOMusicBerrieOo]

@bcforrester11 You're a fucker. There's no need to share things what you're doing. There are sites like twitter or faebook. Share it there. Shame on you.

[cartaginian]

Common species in North America, and as you said, barely studied, project for the future, cheers

[Sorstalan]

This species is in Finnish "kissafretti", cat ferret. However, new suggestion by Council of species names is "kakomisti", derived from "cacomistle"

Well, you might have a clue about hilariousness of the new name if you know that "kako" means nutcase in our peculiar language.

[chowder707]

Cute if a ringtail could talk and said come with me I would go.

[BlackAndCrimson]

thank you for sharing this information with us! :3 awesome job!

[gingaakitalover]

This video is exactly the kind I've been loooking for about Ringtails! Thank you!

[rlaist]

If you love mammals, find out about mammaltarianism, a diet that excludes most mammal-meat.

Search "Mammaltarian" on YouTube.

Go Mammals!

[cre8ivmind]

They sure are cute. But I'll probably do coatis as either the 26th or 27th species.