Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Speothos Lund 1839 Speothos Lund 1839 , Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), set. 2, 11: 224 . Type Species: Speothos pacivorus Lund 1839 Synonyms: Abathmodon Lund 1843 ; Cynalicus Gray 1846 ; Cynalius Gray 1847 ; Cynalycus Gray 1869 ; Icticyon Lund 1843 ; Melictis Schinz 1848 . Species and subspecies: 1 species with 3 subspecies: Species Speothos venaticus Lund 1842 Subspecies Speothos venaticus subsp. venaticus Lund 1842 Subspecies Speothos venaticus subsp. panamensis Goldman 1912 Subspecies Speothos venaticus subsp. wingei Ihering 1911 Discussion: Berta and Marshall (1978) included Icticyon . Placed in Simocyoninae Dawkins, 1868 , by Simpson (1945) and Stains (1975) . Synonyms allocated according to McKenna and Bell (1997) .