_Bassariscus astutus consitus_ Nelson and Goldman, Jour.
Washington Acad. Sci., 22:487, October 19, 1932, type from
La Salada, 40 mi. S Uruapan, MichoacAin.
_Range._--Probably greater part, or all, of state.
_Specimen examined_, 1: no. 100112 from 3 mi. NW PAitzcuaro, 6,700 ft.
_Remarks._--La Salada and three miles northwest of PAitzcuaro are the
two localities represented by actual specimens. A live animal, at
night, was seen one mile east and four miles south of TacAimbaro at
4,500 feet elevation. The young female from three miles northwest of
PAitzcuaro was trapped at a break in a stone fence.
Ring-tailed cats live in the stone walls, crevices and rocky ledges,
around corn fields and pasture lands.
=Mustela frenata leucoparia= (Merriam)