Latitudinal range: 16.7° to 38.8°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (5), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (2)

Found in 14 samples

Mexico: La Reserva Natural Sierra Nanchititla, Huasabas-Sahuaripa Region, Ajos, Madera West, San Juan Bautista Cuicatlán (lluvias), San Juan Bautista Cuicatlán (secas), Xalapa, Santa Marta rock-shelter (Holocene)

United States: Davis Mountain Preserve, Papago Springs Cave (Late Pleistocene), Cueva Quebrada (Late Pleistocene), Mescal Cave (Pleistocene - Holocene), Found Quarry (Late Miocene), Beck Ranch (Early Pliocene)

See also Bassariscus astutus, Bassariscus casei, Bassariscus ogallalae, Bassariscus sumichrasti