Animal Names · Entry

Ringtail

English (descriptive compound)

“the animal with a ringed tail”

Where it comes from

ring + tail, for its distinctly banded tail

Fun Fact

Ringtails are sometimes called 'miner's cats' in the American West, since prospectors historically kept them as semi-tame rodent hunters around mining camps.

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