Speothos venaticus Lund 1842

Speothos venaticus Lund 1842, K. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Naturv. Math. Afhandl., 9: 67.

Type Locality: "Lagoa Santa" [Minas Gerais, Brazil].

Vernacular Names: Bush Dog.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Speothos venaticus subsp. venaticus Lund 1842

Subspecies Speothos venaticus subsp. panamensis Goldman 1912

Subspecies Speothos venaticus subsp. wingei Ihering 1911

Distribution: Forested areas of Bolivia, Brazil (except the semiarid NE), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, E Peru, Surinam, Venezuela.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1957) and Hall (1981).