Bassariscus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1860) . Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 12:7.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Cet animal habite les greniers dans la région chaude du Mexique." Hall and Kelson (1959) listed " Mexico, Veracruz, Mirador."

DISTRIBUTION: Guerrero and S Veracruz (Mexico) to W Panama including Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Costa Rica.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Costa Rica).

SYNONYMS: campechensis Nelson and Goldman, 1932; monticola Cordero, 1875; notinus Thomas, 1903; oaxacensis Goodwin, 1956; variabilis Peters, 1874 .