Conepatus chinga (Molina, 1782)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 316

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scientific name	Conepatus chinga (Molina, 1782)
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Conepatus chinga (Molina, 1782) . Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile, p. 288.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Chili," restricted by Cabrera (1958) to "alrededores de Valparaiso." [ Chile].

DISTRIBUTION: Chile, Peru, N Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, S Brazil.

SYNONYMS: ajax Thomas, 1913; arequipae Thomas, 1898; budini Thomas, 1919; calurus Thomas, 1919; chilensis Link, 1795 ; chinghe Bechstein, 1800; chorensis Thomas, 1902; dimidiata Fischer, 1814; enuchus Thomas, 1927; feuillei Gervais, 1841; furcata Wagner, 1841; gibsoni Thomas, 1910; hunti Thomas, 1903; inca Thomas, 1900; mapurito Tschudi, 1844; mendosus Yepes, 1939; monzoni Aplin, 1894; patnpanus Thomas, 1921; porcinus Thomas, 1902; rex Thomas, 1898 ; suffocans Burmeister, 1879 ; vittata Larranaga, 1923 .

COMMENTS: Kipp (1965) considered rex as conspecific; however, it was listed as separate by Osgood (1943) and Cabrera (1958).

References

Cabrera, A. 1958. Dos felidos argentinos ineditos (Mammalia, Carnivora). Neotropica, 3 (12): 70 - 72.

Gervais, F. L. P. 1841. Mammiferes. Pp. 1 - 68, in Zoologie (J. F. T. Eydoux and L. F. A. Souleyet, eds.). in Voyage autour du Monde execute pendant les annees 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite commandee par M. Vaillant. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 4: 1 - 334, pls. 1 - 12 (Mammiferes).

Kipp, H. 1965. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Conepatus Molina, 1782. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 30 (4): 193 - 232.

Osgood, W. H. 1943. The mammals of Chile. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 30: 1 - 268.

Thomas, O. 1903. Notes on Neotropical mammals of the genera Felis, Hapale, Oryzomys, Akodon, and Ctenomys, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 12: 234 - 243.

Thomas, O. 1919. On small mammals from Otro Cerro north-eastern Rioja, collected by Sr. E. Budin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 3: 489 - 500.

Thomas, O. 1927. On a further collection of mammals made by Sr. E. Budin in Neuquen, Patagonia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 19: 650 - 658.