Speothos Lund 1839

Speothos Lund 1839, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), set. 2, 11: 224.

Type Species: Speothos pacivorus Lund 1839

Synonyms: Abathmodon Lund 1843; Cynalicus Gray 1846; Cynalius Gray 1847; Cynalycus Gray 1869; Icticyon Lund 1843; Melictis Schinz 1848 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 3 subspecies:

Species Speothos venaticus Lund 1842

Subspecies Speothos venaticus subsp. venaticus Lund 1842

Subspecies Speothos venaticus subsp. panamensis Goldman 1912

Subspecies Speothos venaticus subsp. wingei Ihering 1911

Discussion: Berta and Marshall (1978) included Icticyon . Placed in Simocyoninae Dawkins, 1868, by Simpson (1945) and Stains (1975). Synonyms allocated according to McKenna and Bell (1997).