Mustela frenata Lichtenstein, 1831

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 322

Mustela frenata Lichtenstein, 1831 . Darst. Säugeth., text:"Das gezäumte Wiesel" [not paginated], and plate 42.

TYPE LOCALITY: "der Nähe von Mexico " .

DISTRIBUTION: S Canada to Venezuela and Bolivia, excluding the SW deserts of the USA.

SYNONYMS: aequatorialis Coues, 1877; affinis Gray, 1874 ; agilis Tschudi, 1844; alleni Merriam, 1896 ; altifrontalis Hall, 1936; arizonensis Mearns, 1891 ; arthuri Hall, 1927; aureoventris Gray, 1864; boliviensis Hall, 1938 ; brasiliensis Sevastianoff, 1813 ; cicognanii Henninger, 1921; costaricensis Goldman, 1912 ; effera Hall, 1936; fusca DeKay, 1842 ; goldmani Merriam, 1896; gracilis Brown, 1908 ; helleri Hall, 1935; inyoensis Hall, 1936; jelskii Taczanowski, 1881; latirostra Hall, 1936; leucoparia Merriam, 1896; longicauda Bonaparte, 1838 ; macrophonius Elliot, 1905 ; macrura Taczanowski, 1874; meridana Hollister, 1914; mexicanus Coues, 1877 ; munda Grinnell, 1933; mundus Bangs, 1899; neomexicanus Barber and Cockerell, 1898; nevadensis Hall, 1936; nicaraguae Allen, 1916; nigriauris Hall, 1936; notius Bangs, 1899; noveboracensis Emmons, 1840 ; occisor Bangs, 1899 ; olivacea Howell, 1913 ; oregonensis Merriam, 1896 ; oribasus Bangs, 1899 ; panamensis Hall, 1932 ; peninsulae Rhoads, 1894 ; perdus Merriam, 1902; perotae Hall, 1936; primulina Jackson, 1913 ; pulchra Hall, 1936 ; richardsonii Baird, 1858 ; saturatus Merriam, 1896 ; spadix Bangs, 1896; texensis Hall, 1936 ; tropicalis Merriam, 1896 ; washingtoni Merriam, 1896 ; xanthogenys Gray, 1843 .

COMMENTS: Youngman (1982) placed frenata in the subgenus Mustela .