Holochilus sciureus Wagner, 1842 . Arch. Naturgesch., ser. 8, 1:16.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Rio Sao Francisco .

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia; Venezuela; Guianas; Amazonian Brazil; E. Peru; N. Bolivia; Minas Gerais (Brazil).

COMMENT: Hershkovitz, 1955, Fieldiana Zool., 37:639-673, included this species in brasiliensis; includes guianae Thomas, 1901, berbicensis, incarum, venezuelae, amazonicus, and nanus; see Massoia, 1980, Ameghiniana, 17:280- 287. Husson, 1978:419, included nanus in brasiliensis . Reviewed by Alencar, 1969, Rev. Brasil. Biol., 29(4): 567-570, and Twigg, 1965, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 145(2):263-283. OAR includes nanus in brasiliensis and considers amazonicus and venezuelae distinct species.