Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 Potos flavus (Schreber, 1774) . Saugethiere, 1:42 . TYPE LOCALITY: Guyana . DISTRIBUTION: S. Tamaulipas and Guerrero (possibly Michoacan ) ( Mexico ) to the Mato Grosso of Brasil . COMMENT: Includes chapadensis, megalotus, meridensis, modestus, nocturnus and prehensilis; see Cabrera, 1958:249-252 , and Hall, 1981:977-978 . A revision of South American forms is in preparation by R. M. Wetzel. Central American forms were reviewed by Kortlucke, 1972, Occas. Pap. Mus . Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas , 17:1 -36; also see Cabrera, 1958:250 , and Husson, 1978:288-289 . ISIS NUMBER: 5301412003006001001.