Bushy black tail, often with white tip or fringe.
Coloration varies from mostly black to mostly white.
Males larger than females. Tracks Show 5 toes when clear, sometimes claws. Often seen dead along highway. Probably the best-known mammal in this Field Guide . About si ze of a House Cat, it may be recognized by its black body, narrow white stripe up middle of forehead, an d broad white area on nape, which usually divides into a V at about the shoulders.