Выделяется 3 подвида:

                                   Speothos venaticus panamensis (Goldman, 1912)  

                                   Speothos venaticus venaticus (Lund, 1842)  

                                   Speothos venaticus wingei (Ihering, 1911)

Литература

1. De Mello Beisiegel B., Zuercher G. L., 2005. "Speothos venaticus" / MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 783, pp. 1-6. Published 20 December 2005 by the American Society of Mammalogists

2. Zuercher G. L., Swarner M., Silveira L., Carrillo O. "Bush dog (Speothos venaticus)" in Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffmann, M. and Macdonald, D.W. (eds). 2004. Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. pp. 76-80

3. Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.