Conepatus chinga (Molina, 1782) . Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile, p. 288.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Chili," restricted by Cabrera (1958) to "alrededores de Valparaiso." [Chile].

DISTRIBUTION: Chile, Peru, N Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, S Brazil.

SYNONYMS: ajax Thomas, 1913; arequipae Thomas, 1898; budini Thomas, 1919; calurus Thomas, 1919; chilensis Link, 1795; chinghe Bechstein, 1800; chorensis Thomas, 1902; dimidiata Fischer, 1814; enuchus Thomas, 1927; feuillei Gervais, 1841; furcata Wagner, 1841; gibsoni Thomas, 1910; hunti Thomas, 1903; inca Thomas, 1900; mapurito Tschudi, 1844; mendosus Yepes, 1939; monzoni Aplin, 1894; patnpanus Thomas, 1921; porcinus Thomas, 1902; rex Thomas, 1898; suffocans Burmeister, 1879; vittata Larranaga, 1923 .

COMMENTS: Kipp (1965) considered rex as conspecific; however, it was listed as separate by Osgood (1943) and Cabrera (1958).