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SPECIES Bassariscus astutus

Author:Lichtenstein, 1827.
Actual Date:1830
Citation:Abh. König. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1827: 119.
Common Name:Ringtail
Type Locality:"Mexico" [near city of Mexico].
Distribution:Mexico (from USA to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Tiburon Isl and several other islands in the Gulf of California), USA (SW Oregon, N Nevada, Utah, SW Wyoming and W Colorado, south through California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Revised by Rhoads (1893). Reviewed by Poglayen-Neuwall and Toweill (1988). Synonyms allocated according to Hall (1981) and Poglayen-Neuwall and Toweill (1988).
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SUBSPECIES astutus

SUBSPECIES arizonensis

SUBSPECIES bolei

SUBSPECIES consitus

SUBSPECIES flavus

SUBSPECIES insulicola

SUBSPECIES macdougalli

SUBSPECIES nevadensis

SUBSPECIES octavus

SUBSPECIES palmarius

SUBSPECIES raptor

SUBSPECIES saxicola

SUBSPECIES willetti

SUBSPECIES yumanensis

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