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 Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein, 1830) . Abh. König. Akad. Wiss., Berlin , 1827:119 [1830]. TYPE LOCALITY: " Mexico " [near city of Mexico ] . DISTRIBUTION: SW Oregon , N Nevada , Utah , SW Wyoming and W Colorado , south through California , Arizona , New Mexico and Texas ( USA ), to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec ( Mexico ); Tiburon Isl and several other islands in the Gulf of California. SYNONYMS: albipes Elliot, 1904; arizonensis Goldman, 1932 ; bold Goldman, 1945; consitus Nelson and Goldman, 1932 ; flavus Rhoads, 1894 ; insulicola Nelson and Goldman, 1909; macdougalli Goodwin, 1956; nevadensis Miller, 1913; octavus Hall, 1926; oregonus Rhoads, 1894; paltnarius Nelson and Goldman, 1909; raptor Baird, 1859; saxicola Merriam, 1897 ; willetti Stager, 1950; yumanensis Huey, 1937. COMMENTS: Revised by Rhoads (1893) . See Poglayen-Neuwall and Toweill (1988 , Mammalian Species, 327).