The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ring-tailed \Ring"-tailed`\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
Ring-tailed cat (Zo["o]l.), the cacomixle.
Ring-tailed eagle (Zo["o]l.), a young golden eagle.
WordNet
n. 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, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus]
Wikipedia
The ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) is a mammal of the raccoon family, native to arid regions of North America. It is also known as the ringtail cat, ring-tailed cat, miner's cat or bassarisk, and is also sometimes called a " civet cat" (after similar, though unrelated, cat-like omnivores of Asia and Africa). The ringtail is sometimes called a cacomistle, though this term seems to be more often used to refer to Bassariscus sumichrasti.
Usage examples of "ring-tailed cat".
Piled next to the coyote's mark was the unmistakable reddish berry-filled scat of the ring-tailed cat.
Quiet as a ring-tailed cat, Kehrsyn sauntered across the foyer and ascended the stairwell, keeping a full revolution of the stairs between her and Ahegi.