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Ringtails live in Arizona and places like that. They are common in the Grand Canyon and much like raccoons!
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Ringtails are not cats, but are related to raccoons. Their scientific name adds to the confusion: bassar means fox; isc means little; astutus means clever: clever little fox. Ringtails are also called miner's cats because in mining camps they were often used as mousers. Another common name, cacomistle, comes from the Nahuatl word tlacomiztli, meaning "half–mountain lion."