There are several animals with ringed tails, but a true ringtail cat is small, and agile (smaller in body than a housecat, but at least as long because of the tail) and is native to the southwest US. I have seen several. p.s.: DO NOT put your hand down the hole to "see if he's still in there."
Larry Johnson Springville, Utah >>> "Pierre Bombardier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/4/2007 8:47 AM >>> I think you are referring to the coatimundi, or ringtail. A bit thinner in build than a racoon. Mark Delaney Duran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't study raccoons but I remember a hybrid also in Mexico that looked like a ragged version of our raccoons here in the US. They referred to them with a different name but you could tell they were closely related to our raccoons. I've not seen a Finnish raccoon coat on the animal but the fur seems longer and not as course as the raccoon tails we have here. It also comes in zonker strips so it may be from the body of the animal. It has very long guard hairs and a pretty long undercoat. It sort of reminds me a little bit of Coyote fur. I would guess that they are relatives to our raccoons but they seem to have taken on a different life and that could be due to climate also. Regards, Deb www.uftri.org www.linesend.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henk Verhaar Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] polar bear hair On 4 Jan, 2007, at 10:52, ashley strutt wrote: > >> I use Finnish Raccoon which is also very >> inexpensive. >> >> > > Is there difference between Finish Raccoon and American Raccoon? Yes, the american raccoons are natives, whereas the finnish raccoons are intruders... In fact, all raccoons in Europe and Asia are descendants of escapees, and sometimes of wilfully planted exotics. =============================== ><(((((º> =============================== | Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Ecotoxicoloog en vliegbinder | tel: 035 656 2128 | | Stichts End 17 | mobiel: 06 26 136034 | | NL-1244 PK Ankeveen | web: www.xs4all.nl/ ~flyrod | =============================== <º)))))>< =============================== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
