raccoon fox

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

raccoon fox
    n 1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the
         southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with
         black and white rings [syn: {bassarisk}, {cacomistle},
         {cacomixle}, {coon cat}, {raccoon fox}, {ringtail}, {ring-
         tailed cat}, {civet cat}, {miner's cat}, {Bassariscus
         astutus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Raccoon \Rac*coon"\ (r[a^]k*k[=oo]n"), n. [F. raton, prop., a
   little rat, fr. rat rat, perhaps of German origin. See
   {Rat}.] (Zool.)
   A North American nocturnal carnivore ({Procyon lotor}) allied
   to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail,
   banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with
   black and white. Called also {coon}, and {mapach}.
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   {Raccoon dog} (Zool.), the tanate.

   {Raccoon fox} (Zool.), the cacomixle.
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