Conepatus humboldtii Gray, 1837 . Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1:581.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Magellan Straits." [Chile] .

DISTRIBUTION: NE Argentina and Paraguay south to the Straits of Magellan.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix IL

SYNONYMS: castaneus d'Orbigny and Gervais, 1847; gaucho Thomas, 1927; patachonica Burmeister, 1859; patagonica Lichtenstein, 1836; proteus Thomas, 1902.

COMMENTS: Kipp (1965) considered castaneus as conspecific; Cabrera (1958) considered it separate.