In 1986, 120,000 students from Arizona chose the ringtail as the state mammal. What is the closest relative of the ringtail?

A ringtail is a nocturnal animal that's also sometimes called a ringtail cat, a cacomistle, a civet cat, or a miners cat. Ringtails attack their prey (birds, snakes, insects) in the cover of night with a single bite to the neck.

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