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Meaning of cacomixtle

cacomixtle: It is a small carnivorous mammal of the family Procyonidae. It is also known as cacomiztle or cacomistle, rintel, chicon, striped monkey, goyo, güilo and siete rayas. Its scientific name is Bassariscus astutus . In the Nahuatl language it means half lion or half feline.; Also known by the name of rintel, which is the phoneme ( " as it sounds because ) " its name in English: ring-tailed cat [that sounds something like Rhine-teil cat]