Tamandua mexicana Saussure 1860

Tamandua mexicana Saussure 1860, Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 12: 9.

Type Locality: México, " Tabasco." .

Vernacular Names: Northern Tamandua.

Synonyms: Tamandua leucopygia Gray 1873; Tamandua quadridactyla True 1884 .

Subspecies::

Subspecies Tamandua mexicana subsp. mexicana Saussure 1860

Subspecies Tamandua mexicana subsp. instabilis J. A. Allen 1904

Subspecies Tamandua mexicana subsp. opistholeuca Gray 1873

Subspecies Tamandua mexicana subsp. punensis J. A. Allen 1916

Distribution: E México (Tamaulipas), Central America, South America to NW Perú and NW Venezuela.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (Guatemala); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).