Mustela felipei Izor and de la Torre, 1978 . J. Mammal., 59:92.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Santa Marta, elevation 2,700 m, near San Agustin, Huila, Colombia " .

DISTRIBUTION: The type locality and Cauca, Colombia (two localities separated by 70 km, on opposite sides of Cordillera Central.

COMMENTS: Izor and de la Torre (1978) suggested that africana and felipei form a monophyletic group. Youngman (1982) placed felipei in subgenus Grammogale .