Order Carnivora Author W. Christopher Wozencraft text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 279 348 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7359191 1-56098-217-9 7359191 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) .