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Bassariscus
Coues, 1887
- ringtails
(mammal)
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Entity:
Bassariscinae (Subfamily)
..Bassaricyon (Genus) - olingos
..Potos (Genus) - kinkajou
..†Pseudobassaris (Genus)
..Bassariscus (Genus) - ringtails
....†Bassariscus antiquus (Species)
....Bassariscus astutus (Species) - ringtail
....Bassariscus sumichrasti (Species) - cacomistle
Authorship
Original name
:
Coues, 1887:516.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Bassariscinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1869
Type, by monotypy
:
Bassariscus astutus
(Lichtenstein, 1830)
Variants
Different spelling
:
Bassaricus
(Genus)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Bassaris
(Genus)
Hübner, [1821]
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Jentinkia
(Genus)
Trouessart, 1904
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
: 104.
Including
:
Jentinkina
(Genus)
Including
:
†
Probassariscus
(Genus)
Merriam, 1911
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including
:
†
Rhapsodus
(Genus)
Linares, 1981
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
katfretten
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
ringtails
:
cacomistles
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