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Its striated rock layers tell history as the Grand Canyon does - covering four major geologicalperiods spanning more than 2{o mil- lion years.The canyon forrns part ofthe easternedge of the Llano Estacado,the largestplateau in the United States,which stretcheswestward into New Mexico. Water has worn caves,pillars, hoodoos, buttes and mesasin the rock, creating an enticing landscapefor exploration. But the rocky escarpment and cliff ledges also create ideal habitat for one of Texas' Iesser known but most endearing species- the agile, rock-face-loving ringtail. My two kids and I havejoined up with Naima Montac- er, a graduate student at West TexasA&M University who has spent the last two years studying ringtails in the 26,2J5-acre Palo Duro Canyon StatePark, and her advi- sor, biology professor Ray Matlack. We're here to live trap ringtails, aswell asother mesocarnivores- or rnid-sized carnivores - including gray foxes and raccoons. Ringtails have slender mink-like bodies and long tails with seven or eight concentric black and white rings. Though frequently called ringtail cats, they are evolu- tionarily more closelyrelated to raccoons- Procyonids. Unlike raccoons, ringtails have long, slim bodies and a longer tail. "The way they rnove is like a cross between a ferret and a fox. It's nothing at all like a raccoon," says Montacer. "They're the cutest creature ever." I People sometimes call ringtails civet catsbecause their musky secretion resembles musk produced by African civet cats. But the most memorable narne is cacomistle, an Anglicized version of the Hahuatl Indian word flo- i 1j.:i !,.j , comi<tlimeaning "half mountain lion." They range tt.l l;i I i i through the desert southwestthrough Mexico, aswell as ':l.,X i'',i;, ,".','r : in California, Oregon and Wyoming and parts of ':, ' : northern Mexico. They inhabit most of Texas, more ', ;. ,fj. comrnonly in their preferred rocky habitats. Ringtails live mostly solitary lives, except during mat- ing season,which occurs from February through May. night of foraging,they sleep with their long tailscurled Females give birth to one to four fuzzy offspringjust less up around their bodies. than two months later. Newborns have stubby tails, only Montacer started her research trying to determine later growing the characteristic long striped tail. After whether or not they lived at Palo Duro Canyon at all, the mother weans the offspring around ten weeks, the since the author of The Mammak of the LlanoEsfocodo wrote male helps by bringing food for the young, including that despite seemingly ideal habitat, ringtails were not insects, lizards, srnall rnammals and birds. Ringtails found along the Llano Estacado escarpment, including ambush their prey and kill thern with a bite to the neck. Palo Duro Canyon. Despite that, rumors and anec- Depending on the season, ringtails also sometimes eat dotes ofringtails occurring in the area persisted. fruits, seeds, berries and even nectar. And after a hard Montacer's research has answered that question. Since rExAs PARKS & wTLDLtFE x 33 I large toaster oven. Six traps are set in each of the four Theway ringtails move is habitats, and so after checking all six- no ringtails, no skunLs, no animals - and rebaiting with new sardines, likea crossbetween apples and honey, we move on to the brush woodland, aferret and a fox. which has heavy mesquite and juniper cover. We drive o between different regions, because after all, it is the sec- ond largest state park in Texas. Once again, the traps she began trapping in the summer of 20o6, she'scaught remain empty. Next, we head out to the beautifirl canyon 23 different individual ringtails. The first time she ledges, or escarpment. "The escarpment is the only habi- caught one she was alone. After toying around with var- tat where I've ever caught ringtails," Montacer tells me. I ious baits to figure out just what would attract them, hope we will have some luck. It's also the only habitat from eggsto chicken toJell-o and molasses,she settled where she's caught gray foxes and one speciesthat wreals on the perfect combination of sardines, apples and havoc on native birds - feral housecats. honey. "When she got back to the lab, she had a huge During summer and fall of Zoo6, Montacer followed grin on her face," saysMatlack. "I knew she'd caught Io ringtails around the park using radio telemetry, one." Before long, she had trapped multiple ringtails which works kind of like a technical version of the chil- and placed radio collars on them, which allow her to dren's game "hot /cold." The scientists place a radio track just where the animals spend their time and which collar with a unique frequency around the animal's habitat they use most. Montacer used Geographic neck. Over the next daysand months, Montacer used a Information Systems (GIS) mapping to identifr four radio telemetry antenna, set with the same frequency, to different habitat types within the park' rocky escarp- locate the ringtail. The antenna beeps more loudly as it ment, parkland mesquite savannah, riparian, and gets warm, warmer, hot, hot hot! The scientist then mixed brush woodland. We first che& traps in parkland savannah,which has tall grasses, scattered mesquite and fields of basketflowers. The wire mesh "Tomahawk" traps are about the size of a .: :::);, )(:.: .: nol' .:l! :,? i1l:r .,\la i:,i i; ;il I -.: :i:: :( ,_i::i: lJlr 3F5 ],. h :: r;fii :rl i :il .: l1: i) a :::r \A/hiletirey inhal;it nrost of Texas,reclusi',,e rinqtails have a an iCeallrabitat in the striatedred rocl<terrarn of Paio a' DuroCanycn 34 * IPR|L 2oos until I hear that they've caught a raccoon. I go for the wading option, carrying my daughter piggyback, while Sam wades across himself. The .u..ol", barks and glowls, obviously none too happy about its situation. Matlack and Mon ,;T caninj ect,r. ."""::';;l;'ffi j,t: ;i jH1.J they can weigh it and ear tag it for identjfication. Before long the raccoon falls asleep, and the two get to work while we watch. Montacer tells me that she has found ural hazards, her colleaguesprovide some challenges that raccoons tend to be found more as frequently in the well. When she first riparian started, she, Matlack and another habitat. My daughter gets to holJ the sieeping grad student were doing radio raccoon, but telemetry at night in the asit startsto move, we realize it,swise to set canyon. The others kept putting rocLs it down and move on. in Montacer,s backpack as a joke, and as they hlk"d o., for Despite spending a couple miles and dayschecking traps in the miles she just thought she was getting more tired. park, the kids and I never do She get to see a ringtail, but got back to her vehicle ,.When Montacer's with a loaded-ba.kpuck. enthusiasm for the agile creatures has me we got back to the truck and excited to I noticed the rocks I see one sometime in the future. She,s also screamed so loud it echoed in the canyon,,' gotten Bernice Blasingame, saysMon_ the park naturalist, tacer. "I usually laugh enthralled along with them, but iust never with the creatures. Blasingame was present .y p,-r,rocl<s in my backpack again." when Montacer trapped one of her first ringtails, and Through hard work, the research has shed newlight loves to tell park visitors about the relatively little_known on the enigrnatic ringtail. ,,The species. ,,It thing I think is inter_ She also just loves the canyon. is such a esting about this study is that before,-p"opl. unique place becauseofthe were say_ unexpectedterrain in which ing mavbe ringtails ,,Now ,,My are here," h" ,"y.. *e kno* it is located," she says. daily trips to the canyon they're}ere and they're always common.,'In addition, they,ve lift and renew my spirit. FIow many people get to learned more about which habitats work in an office like the ringtails use. that?,' Although they have only trapped ringtails il, Nevertheless, it's hard work. ,,This is a physically ment. the radio telemetry "..u.p_ demanding showed that at least one project," saysMatlack. ThouEh she often ringtail r'.ascaught in brush woodland. ,,We has-helpers, many times really did she carries hearritraps in far have a ridiculous amount of fun.
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