Speothos venaticus (Lund, 1842) . K. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Naturv. Math. Afhandl., 9:67.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Lagoa Santa" [Minas Gerais, Brazil] .

DISTRIBUTION: Forested areas of Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil (except the semiarid NE); E Peru; Ecuador; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; French Guiana; Surinam; Panama.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: baskii Schinz, 1849; melanogaster Gray, 1846; wingei Ihering, 1911.