Potos flavus (Schreber, 1774)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 333-334

Potos flavus (Schreber, 1774) . Die Säugethiere, 1 (9):pl. 42 (1774]; text, p. 187[189] (index) [1774].

TYPE LOCALITY: "Er ist, der Sage nach, auf den Gebirgen in Jamaica einheimisch"; restricted by Thomas (1902b), to " Surinam ". Ford and Hoffmann (1988) discussed the confusion over the name and type locality .

DISTRIBUTION: S Tamaulipas and Guerrero (possibly Michoacan), Mexico through Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, to the Mato Grosso of Brazil and N South American ( Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Hondurus).

SYNONYMS: arborensis Goodwin, 1938; aztecus Thomas, 1902; boothi Goodwin, 1957; brachyotos Schinz, 1844; brachyotus Martin, 1836; brasiliensis Ihering, 1911 ; campechensis Nelson and Goldman, 1931; caucensis J. A. Allen, 1904 ; caudivolvula Schreber, 1777 ; chapadensis J. A. Allen, 1904; chiriquensis Allen, 1904; dugesii Villa, 1944; guerrerensis Goldman, 1915; isthmicus Goldman, 1913; lepida liliger, 1815; mansuetus Thomas, 1914; megalotus Martin, 1836; meridensis Thomas, 1902; modestus Lönnberg, 1921; nocturna Wied[-Neuwied], 1826; potto Müller, 1776; prehensilis Kerr, 1792 ; simiasciurus Schreber, 1774; tolimensis J. A. Allen, 1913.

COMMENTS: Revised by Kortlucke (1973) and Hernandez-Camacho (1977). Reviewed by Ford and Hoffmann (1988, Mammalian Species, 321), Cabrera (1958), and Husson (1978).