Metachirus nudicaudatus (E. Geoffroy, 1803) . Cat. Mammal. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Paris, p. 142.

TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana, Cayenne .

DISTRIBUTION: Nicaragua to Peru, E. Bolivia, Paraguay, N.E. Argentina, and S. Brazil; French Guiana; Guyana; Surinam.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402001010001001.