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Bassariscus (ringtail)
Taxonomy
Bassariscus was named by Coues (1887). It is extant. Its type is Bassaris astutus.
It was assigned to Cercoleptinae by Hay (1902); to Procyonidae by Coues (1887), Wortman and Matthew (1899) and Carroll (1988); to Procyoninae by Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Baskin (1998); to Bassariscidae by Schultz and Howard (1935) and Hollister (2000); and to Procyonini by Baskin (2004).
It was assigned to Cercoleptinae by Hay (1902); to Procyonidae by Coues (1887), Wortman and Matthew (1899) and Carroll (1988); to Procyoninae by Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Baskin (1998); to Bassariscidae by Schultz and Howard (1935) and Hollister (2000); and to Procyonini by Baskin (2004).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Bassariscus Coues |
| 1899 | Bassariscus Wortman and Matthew p. 129 |
| 1902 | Bassariscus Hay p. 764 |
| 1935 | Bassariscus Schultz and Howard p. 283 |
| 1980 | Bassariscus Kurten and Anderson p. 176 |
| 1988 | Bassariscus Carroll |
| 1998 | Bassariscus Baskin p. 147 |
| 2000 | Bassariscus Hollister p. 144 |
| 2004 | Bassariscus Baskin p. 709 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Bassariscus Coues 1887 [ringtail]
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Bassariscus albipes Elliot 1903
†Bassariscus antiquus Matthew and Cook 1909
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Invalid names: Bassariscus nevadensis Merriam 1916 [synonym]
Bassariscus astutus Lichtenstein 1830 [ringtail]
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Invalid names: Bassariscus sonoitensis Skinner 1942 [synonym]
†Bassariscus casei Hibbard 1952
†Bassariscus lycopotamicus Cope 1879
†Bassariscus minimus Baskin 2004
†Bassariscus ogallalae Hibbard 1933
†Bassariscus parvus Hall 1927
†Bassariscus rexroadensis Hibbard 1950
Bassariscus sumichrasti Saussure 1860 [cacomistle]
Bassariscus sumichrasti notinus Thomas 1903
Invalid names: Bassaris [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available