genus bassariscus

English Thesaurus

1. cacomistles (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail,
definition	:	raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family procyonidae, procyonidae,
definition	:	raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas (noun.animal)