Conepatus semistriatus (Boddaert, 1784) . Elench. Anim., 1:84.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Mexico "; Cabrera (1958) listed the type locality as "Minas de Montuosa, cerca de Pamplona, departamento del norte de Santander, Colombia " .

DISTRIBUTION: Veracruz, Tabasco, and Yucatan (Mexico) to Peru and E Brazil.

SYNONYMS: amazonica Lichtenstein, 1838; bahiensis Ihering, 1911; chilensis Gray, 1865; compatì Gmelin, 1788; gumillae Lichtenstein, 1836; mapurito Gmelin, 1788; putorius Mutis, 1770; quitensis Humboldt, 1812; taxinus Thomas, 1924; trichurus Thomas, 1905; tropicalis Merriam, 1902; westermanni Reinhardt, 1856; yucatanicus Goldman, 1943; zorilla Fischer, 1829; zorrino Thomas, 1901.