In Mexico it can mean crippled, invalid, who cannot walk. In Colombia it is the name of a Department and its capital is Neiva. Name of a snowy volcano in Colombia of the Cordillera Central. It is also one of the common names given to the female of a small carnivorous mammal of the family Procyonidae. It is also known as cacomiztle or cacomistle, cacomixtle, chicón, mico rayado, goyo, huilo, güilo and siete rayas. Its scientific name is Bassariscus astutus . In the Nahuatl language cacomixtle means half lion or half feline. It is omnivorous and nocturnal. In Quechua language it means orange and in Paez language, it means luminous mountain.
