Nasua nasua (Linnaeus 1766)

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

Type Locality: "America"; listed by Cabrera (1957) as " Pernambuco " [Brazil].

Vernacular Names: South American Coati.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Nasua nasua subsp. nasua Linnaeus 1766

Subspecies Nasua nasua subsp. aricana Vieira 1945

Subspecies Nasua nasua subsp. boliviensis Cabrera 1956

Subspecies Nasua nasua subsp. candace Thomas 1912

Subspecies Nasua nasua subsp. cinerascens Lönnberg 1921

Subspecies Nasua nasua subsp. dorsalis Gray 1866

Subspecies Nasua nasua subsp. manium Thomas 1912

Subspecies Nasua nasua subsp. molaris Merriam 1902

Subspecies Nasua nasua subsp. montana Tschundi 1844

Subspecies Nasua nasua subsp. quichua Thomas 1901

Subspecies Nasua nasua subsp. solitaria Schinz 1823

Subspecies Nasua nasua subsp. spadicea Olfers 1818

Subspecies Nasua nasua subsp. vittata Tschudi 1844

Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III as N. n. solitaria (Uruguay); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Gompper and Decker (1998). Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1957) and Hall (1981).