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Bassariscus is a genus of the Procyonidae family and Procyoninae subfamily. There are two species in the genus: the ringtail or ring-tailed cat (B. astutus) and the cacomistle (B. sumichrasti). Genetic studies have shown that closest relatives of Bassariscus are the racoons.[1]
The genus was first described by Elliott Coues in 1887.
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- ^ K.-P. Koepfli, M. E. Gompper, E. Eizirik, C.-C. Ho, L. Linden, J. E. Maldonado, R. K. Wayne (2007). "Phylogeny of the Procyonidae (Mammalia: Carvnivora): Molecules, morphology and the Great American Interchange". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 1076-1095. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.10.003.
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