The same animal is also known as a ringtailed cat.....and those tails are much more well defined than is the american racoon, Been around them since I was a kid..My father was way into the Hound sports/Coon'Huntin...We trapped them and kept them for training dogs...even had one as a pet...Till it bit my mother on the shoulder....

One of the best tailing materials for my spinner flies...Hobofisher,
I did not forget you....I will get that spinner on it's way to you sometime this weekend... Sorry for the delay....