Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Procyonidae Gray, 1825 - raccoons and relatives Subfamily Procyoninae Gray, 1825 Genus Bassariscus Coues, 1887 - ringtails Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein, 1830) - ringtail