Nasua narica (Linnaeus, 1766). Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:64. TYPE LOCALITY: "America", restricted by Allen (1879) to " Veracruz, Mexico "; Herkovitz (1951) further restricted it to "Achotal, Isthmus of Techuantpec, Vera Cruz." DISTRIBUTION: USA (S Arizona and SW New Mexico), south through Mexico (except Baja California), Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama), to northernmost Colombia (Gulf of Uraba). STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Honduras) as Nasua nasua (= narica); IUCN - Insufficiently known as N. nelsoni. SYNONYMS: buttata Allen, 1904; isthmica Goldman, 1942; mexicana Weinland, 1860; molaris Merriam, 1902; nelsoni Merriam, 1901; pallida Allen, 1904; panamensis Allen, 1904; richmondi Goldman, 1932; tamaulipensis Goldman, 1942; thersites Thomas, 1901; vulpecula Erxleben, 1777; yucatanica Allen, 1904. COMMENTS: Includes nelsoni (Decker, 1991).

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Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 334, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191