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Show hope this letter and he article answer your questions. Your very truly, Lee Kay, Director of Education Bassariscus satutus. IVoiv We Know About TIae Iling-Tailod Cat An inquiry to the Fish and Game commission concerning the ring-tailed pet acqqired by Merrill Sherrill at Abraham, brings this reply from Lee Kay, and additional information. Mr. Kay was in Delta last Wednesday night showing films for the Wildlife Federation, and said if the ring-tailed cat had been present that night, he would have taken some pictures of it. Millard County Chronicle. Delta, Utah. Dear sirs: I received your letter and the newspaper clipping pertaining to the "ring-tailed" cat. Everything in the article that you have written is corect except that the preferred spelling of the name is "cacomistle.". Cacomixle is the name that the Spaniards call this animal by. It is also called by a common name, the civet cat, and the name civet cat is also given to the spotted skunk. I am enclosing our Fish and Game Bulletin for November, 1948, in which our mammologist, Jack Berryman, has described this animal. ani-mal. Although it is rarely found north of Washington county in Utah, in the last eight years several specimens speci-mens have occured in several places. One was taken in Spanish Fork canyon, one near Tremonton, and the farthest north one has ever been found in the United States was taken in Logan canyon, just a few years ago. Thank your for your interest. I |