Some animals have more iconic appearances than ... The solitary, nocturnal cacomistle has a ringed tail and a masked face ...

Cacomistle is derived from "tlacomiztli," a ... allowing for the swiftly moving animal to keep the pads of its feet in contact with the tree or rock boulder upon which it is moving up or down.

My desire to enjoy (or at least cope with) being active at night makes me envy the cacomistle, a nocturnal animal of the New World tropics. This little-known mammal is related to raccoons ...

A female Ringtail cub was born on June 22. Ringtail Cacomistle are squirrel-sized animals related to the raccoon, with a long, fluffy, black and white tail. Native to the desert, they range from ...