Ringtail

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted November 18, 2015114 views3 comments

One of my favorite critters, rightail cats, also known as miner's cats and cacomistle are slender members of the raccoon family. Seldom seen, so when the zoo received a pair I had to go and photograph them. Fortunately is was a cloudy day and the mostly nocturnal ringtails were out and about. Nothing great about the photo, just wanted to share these guys.

Canon T6i
1/200 @ F-5.0 ISO 200
Sigma 18-250 @ 51mm
HH reduced exturnal flash

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3 comments

Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on November 19, 2015 at 10:36 AM

This is the first time I've seen one of these critters. That's a very cool ringed tail.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on November 19, 2015 at 5:53 PM

Cute little fella!

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Comment posted by David Schoen on November 20, 2015 at 7:28 PM

These are kool kritters John. They have wonderful color and are fun to watch. I don't know if you are a music fan but Jorma Kaukonen (of Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane) has a fun song called Ringtail Cat on his solo album "Quah".

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