Oncifelis colocolo (Molina, 1782) . Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile, p. 295.

TYPE LOCALITY: "che abitano i boschi del Chili ", restricted by Osgood (1943) to "Province of Valparaiso " [Chile] .

DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay.

SYNONYMS: albescens Fitzinger, 1869; braccata Cope, 1889; budini Pocock, 1941; crespoi Cabrera, 1957; crucino Thomas, 1901; garleppi Matschie, 1912; huina Pocock, 1941; munoai Ximénez, 1961; neumayeri Matschie, 1912; pajeros Desmarest, 1816; pampa Schinz, 1831; pampanus Gray, 1867; passerum Sclater, 1871; steinbachi Pocock, 1941; thomasi Lönnberg, 1913.

COMMENTS: The validity of colocolo was questioned by Osgood (1943), with the next available name that of pajeros Desmarest, 1816 (used by Weigel, 1961; Hemmer, 1978; Krâl and Zima, 1980; and Kratochvll, 1982c). However, Wolffsohn (1908) and Cabrera (1940, 1958) defended the original description.