def guess_track_type(adapter_type):
    """
    Returns the possible track type to use given an adapter type.

    :param str adapter_type: the type of the adapter
    :return: the type of the track to use for the given an adapter type
    :rtype: str
    """
    known = {
        "BamAdapter": "AlignmentsTrack",
        "CramAdapter": "AlignmentsTrack",
        "BgzipFastaAdapter": "ReferenceSequenceTrack",
        "BigWigAdapter": "QuantitativeTrack",
        "IndexedFastaAdapter": "ReferenceSequenceTrack",
        "TwoBitAdapter": "ReferenceSequenceTrack",
        "VcfTabixAdapter": "VariantTrack",
        "HicAdapter": "HicTrack",
        "PAFAdapter": "SyntenyTrack",
    }
    if adapter_type in known:
        return known[adapter_type]
    else:
        return "FeatureTrack"