The ringtail looks like a cross between a fox, a cat, and a raccoon — it has a plump and bushy ringed tail but a snouted face, small eyes, and whiskers like both cats and foxes. A bit bigger ...

where a resident came face to face with a rabid raccoon. "That individual manually asphyxiated the raccoon successfully and subsequently that raccoon was tested and tested positive," Gelman said.