Spilogale pygmaea Thomas, 1898 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1897:898 [1898].

TYPE LOCALITY: "Rosario, Sinaloa, W. Mexico."

DISTRIBUTION: Sinaloa to Oaxaca (Mexico).

COMMENTS: Ewer (1973) argued that pygmaea is conspecific with putorius .