🐾Ringtail
The ringtail is a mammal of the raccoon family native to arid regions of North America. It is widely distributed and well-adapted to its distributed areas. It has been legally trapped for its fur. Globally, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List but is a Conservation Strategy Species in Oregon and Fully Protected in California. The ringtail is the state mammal of Arizona.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 1.01 kg
- Body length
- 0.41 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 19 years
Everything we know about the Ringtail
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.01 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.01 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.41 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass17 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan19 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 19 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length5.73 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity278 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation54 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 52 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.74 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density3.58 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Ringtail yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyProcyonidae
- ›genusBassariscus
- ›speciesBassariscus astutus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyProcyonidae
- genusBassariscus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyProcyonidae
- genusBassariscus
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