Tamandua mexicana (Saussure, 1860) . Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 12:9.

TYPE LOCALITY: México, " Tabasco."

DISTRIBUTION: E México (Tamaulipas), Central America, South America to NW Peru and NW Venezuela.

SYNONYMS: chiriquensis J. A. Allen, 1904; hesperia Davis, 1955; instabilis J. A. Allen, 1904; opistholeuca Gray, 1873; punensis J. A. Allen, 1916; sellata Cope, 1889; tambensis Lönnberg, 1937; tenuirostris J. A. Allen, 1904.

COMMENTS: Revised by Wetzel (1975).