Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein, 1830) . Abh. König. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1827:119 [1830].

TYPE LOCALITY: " Mexico " [near city of Mexico] .

DISTRIBUTION: SW Oregon, N Nevada, Utah, SW Wyoming and W Colorado, south through California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas (USA), to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Mexico); Tiburon Isl and several other islands in the Gulf of California.

SYNONYMS: albipes Elliot, 1904; arizonensis Goldman, 1932; bold Goldman, 1945; consitus Nelson and Goldman, 1932; flavus Rhoads, 1894; insulicola Nelson and Goldman, 1909; macdougalli Goodwin, 1956; nevadensis Miller, 1913; octavus Hall, 1926; oregonus Rhoads, 1894; paltnarius Nelson and Goldman, 1909; raptor Baird, 1859; saxicola Merriam, 1897; willetti Stager, 1950; yumanensis Huey, 1937.

COMMENTS: Revised by Rhoads (1893). See Poglayen-Neuwall and Toweill (1988, Mammalian Species, 327).