Bassariscus astutus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1830)

Ringtail

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Musteloidea
Family : Procyonidae
Genus : Bassariscus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lichtenstein, H. 1830. Erläuterungen der Nachrichten des Franc. Hernandez von den vierfüssigen Thieren Neuspaniens. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1827:89-127.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29683795

Original name as described

Bassaris astuta

Type material

ZMB 1081

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Mexico City, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(OR,CA,NV,ID,WY,UT,AZ,NM,CO,KS,TX,OK,AR,LA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005885

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Bassariscus sonoitensis

Skinner, 1942

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

sonoitensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH F:AM 42857

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Bassariscus astutus macdougalli

G. G. Goodwin, 1956

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

macdougalli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-148977

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-148977

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63293773

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Bassariscus flavus oregonus

Rhoads, 1894

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

oregonus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 1614

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

416

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1633795

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Bassariscus astutus flavus

Rhoads, 1894

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

flavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 972

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

418

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1633797

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Bassariscus albipes

D. G. Elliot, 1904

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

albipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:11095

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=45be290e-40e8-4fd0-8210-7689d35cd341

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652838

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Bassariscus astutus willetti

Stager, 1950

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

willetti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LACM:Mamm:7976

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lacm/mammals?id=1f46d87d-d067-4d8b-9717-55478da07ceb

Authority page

203

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35879135

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Bassariscus astutus octavus

E. R. Hall, 1926

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

octavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:27860

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:27860

Authority page

39

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Bassariscus astutus yumanensis

Huey, 1937

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

yumanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:12272

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-12272

Authority page

357

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5714353

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Bassariscus astutus bolei

E. A. Goldman, 1945

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

bolei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 121265

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566063

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Bassariscus astutus consitus

E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1932

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

consitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:126162

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a97d0c8b-7256-4050-986a-88f91aa9471e

Authority page

487

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39918263

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Bassariscus astutus palmarius

E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1909

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

palmarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:146192

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/360636d1c-da3f-4a98-9090-248cd2a0d0e8

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329872

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Bassariscus astutus nevadensis

G. S. Miller, 1913

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

nevadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:174760

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34930b26c-648e-4201-9bd6-694a1f873ea0

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337837

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Bassariscus astutus arizonensis

E. A. Goldman, 1932

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

arizonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:205388

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30889ca9a-20ce-4f78-b7af-69fd98e3891f

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35459339

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Bassariscus saxicola

C. H. Merriam, 1897

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

saxicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:79031

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ac6b11e3-79d0-4e7f-b9d7-6d1e96390327

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263507

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Bassariscus astutus insulicola

E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1909

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

insulicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:79034

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/366e20090-b8d9-4913-a798-8e1502847414

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329872

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Bassaris raptor

(S. F. Baird, 1859)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

raptor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:97 (= USNM:MAMM:A976)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3661c1c66-3fac-4892-a84d-7816770c04c2

Authority page

19

Authority publication

Washington

Bassaris astuta

(H. Lichtenstein, 1830)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

astutus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 1081

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29683795

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. True (1885:608, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Bassariscus astutus

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

astutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806248

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:317, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41680/45215881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Bassariscus astutus raptor

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

raptor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806248

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:317, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Bassariscus astutus astutus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

astutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Bassariscus astutus saxicola

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

saxicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Bassaris astuta Var. fulvescens

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Procyonidae

Root name

fulvescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

513

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500846

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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