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Globally, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List [1] but is a Conservation Strategy Species in Oregon [2] and Fully Protected in California [3] The species is known by a variety of names, such as ring-tailed cat, miner's cat, civet cat, and cacomistle (or cacomixtle), though the last of these can refer to B. sumichrasti.
Bassariscus sumichrasti can grow to around 38–47 cm long, followed by a tail of roughly the same length or longer, adding an additional 39–53 cm to the entire animal's body length. The male cacomistle is often slightly longer-bodied than the female; however, both males and females weigh about the same, usually between 1 and 1.5 kg. [ 8 ]
The black-chinned hummingbird is 8.25 cm (3.25 in) long. Adults are metallic green above and white below with green flanks. Their bill is long, straight and slender. The adult male has a black face and chin, a glossy purple gorget, and a dark forked tail. The female has a dark rounded tail with white tips and no throat patch.
They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. Suborder: Mysticeti. Family: Balaenidae. Bowhead whale, B. mysticetus [n 3] [n 39] (Alaska only) LC (Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea ...
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This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean region, whether resident or as migrants. This article does not include species found only in captivity.
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Ring-tail is an informal term used by birders for the juveniles and females of several harrier species when seen in the field and not identifiable to an exact species. [9] Ring-tail harriers include the juveniles and females of Montagu's harrier ( Circus pygargus ), hen harrier ( Circus cyaneus ), and pallid harrier ( Circus macrourus ).