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Cacomistle - taken in Escuintla, Guatemala.
Photograph by Autosafari. License: Public Domain. |
Cacomistle photographed at Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, Nebraska
Photograph by Josh More. Some rights reserved. |
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CACOMISTLE FACTS
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Description
The Cacomistle related to the Raccoons. It is gray to brownish with a long bushy tail that is ringed with buff and black bands. The ears are pointed.
Size
Head and body length: 38cm - 47cm. Tail length: 39cm - 53cm
Environment
Wet, evergreen tropical woodlands and mountain forests
Food
The Cacomistle is omnivorous. Eats fruit, eggs, frogs, lizards, insects
Breeding
A single young is born in a nest or den in a tree after a gestation period of 63 to 66 days. The young weighs about 25 grams at birth and can eat solid food at six to seven weeks. It is fully waned after three months.
Range
southern Mexico to western Panama
Conservation Status
LR|nt
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Carnivora | | Family: | Procyonidae | | Genus: | Bassariscus | | Species: | sumichrasti | | Common Name: | Cacomistle |
Relatives in same Genus
Ringtail (B. astutus)
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