Potos flavus (Schreber, 1774)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 244-289 : 254

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scientific name	Potos flavus (Schreber, 1774)
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Potos flavus (Schreber, 1774) View in CoL . Saugethiere, 1:42.

TYPE LOCALITY: Guyana .

DISTRIBUTION: S. Tamaulipas and Guerrero (possibly Michoacan) ( Mexico) to the Mato Grosso of Brasil.

COMMENT: Includes chapadensis, megalotus, meridensis, modestus, nocturnus and prehensilis; see Cabrera, 1958:249-252, and Hall, 1981:977-978. A revision of South American forms is in preparation by R. M. Wetzel. Central American forms were reviewed by Kortlucke, 1972, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 17:1 -36; also see Cabrera, 1958:250, and Husson, 1978:288-289.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412003006001001.