Chrysocyon brachyurus (Illiger, 1815) . Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., 1804- 1811: 121.

TYPE LOCALITY: Paraguay, “swamps of Paraguay."

DISTRIBUTION: N. E. Argentina; Paraguay; lowlands of Bolivia; Brazil from Rio Grande do Sul to Minas Gerais, Goias and Mato Grosso.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II and U.S. ESA - Endangered.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412001005001001.