Tremarctos ornatus (F. Cuvier, 1825) . Hist. Nat. Mamm., 3(50):2, pl.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Chile, Cordillera de Chile."

DISTRIBUTION: Mountainous regions of W. Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and W. Bolivia; perhaps Panama.

COMMENT: T. ornatus is not known from Chile; type locality probably east of Trujillo, Libertad, Peru; see Cabrera, 1958:242.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412002005001001.