Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ring-tailed \Ring"-tailed`\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
   Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.

   {Ring-tailed cat} (Zo["o]l.), the cacomixle.

   {Ring-tailed eagle} (Zo["o]l.), a young golden eagle.

Source : WordNet®

ring-tailed cat
     n : raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the
         southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with
         black and white rings [syn: {bassarisk}, {cacomistle}, {cacomixle},
          {coon cat}, {raccoon fox}, {ringtail}, {civet cat}, {miner's
         cat}, {Bassariscus astutus}]