Kalmar “bassarisk” ba kalmar da aka saba amfani da ita ba ce a Turancin zamani, kuma tana iya nufin dabbobi biyu daban-daban. -tailed cat, wanda karamin dabbar dabba ce da ake samu a Arewacin Amurka.A wasu kafofin, "bassarisk" yana nufin wata halitta ta almara wadda aka ce haɗe da maciji da weasel, kama da ita. da basilisk. Kimiyyar zamani ba ta gane wannan halitta a matsayin dabba ta gaske ba, a maimakon haka ta kasance cikin tatsuniyoyi da tatsuniyoyi.