Holochilus brasiliensis (Desmarest, 1819) . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. Paris, 2nd ed., 29:62.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Lagoa Santa .

DISTRIBUTION: S. and E. Brazil; Uruguay; N.E. and C. Argentina.

COMMENT: Reviewed by Hershkovitz, 1955, Fieldiana Zool., 37:639- 673, and Massoia, 1971, Rev. Invest. Agropec. INTA, Buenos Aires, ser. 1, Biol. Prod. Anim., 8(1): 13— 40. Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:31, suggested that brasiliensis was a composite, as defined by Hershkovitz, 1955, Fieldiana Zool., 37:639- 673, who included chacarius, sciureus, guianae, berbicensis, incarum, venezuelae, amazonicus, and nanus in this species; also see Massoia, 1980, Ameghiniana, 17: 280-287, who considered chacarius and sciureus (which includes the remaining forms above) distinct species, and included leucogaster in brasiliensis . OAR retains nanus in brasiliensis and considers amazonicus and venezuelae distinct species.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008016001001.