Chironectes minimus (Zimmermann, 1780) . Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2:317.

TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana, Cayenne .

DISTRIBUTION: Oaxaca and Tabasco (Mexico) to Peru, N.E. Argentina, S. and N.E. Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, and Trinidad.

COMMENT: Reviewed by Marshall, 1978, Mamm. Species, 109:1-6.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402001003001001.