Nasua narica (Linnaeus 1766)

[Viverra] narica Linnaeus 1766, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., Vol. 1: 64.

Type Locality: "America", restricted by Allen (1879) to " Veracruz, Mexico "; Hershkovitz (1951) further restricted it to "Achotal, Isthmus of Techuantpec, Vera Cruz." .

Vernacular Names: White-nosed Coati.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Nasua narica subsp. narica Linnaeus 1766

Subspecies Nasua narica subsp. molaris Merriam 1902

Subspecies Nasua narica subsp. nelsoni Merriam 1901

Subspecies Nasua narica subsp. yucatanica J. A. Allen 1904

Distribution: Belize, Colombia (Gulf of Uraba), Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (except Baja California), Nicaragua, Panama, USA (S Arizona and SW New Mexico).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (Honduras) as Nasua narica; IUCN – Endangered as N. nelsoni, Lower Risk (lc) as N. narica .

Discussion: Includes nelsoni (Decker, 1991) . Reviewed by Gompper (1995), from which synonyms are allocated.