Scapteromys Waterhouse, 1837 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837:20.

REVIEWED BY: J. K. Braun (JKB); A. Langguth (AL).

COMMENT: Formerly included tomentosus and fronto (which were placed in Kunsia by Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31:81 -149, who revised Scapteromys) and labiosus (which was placed in Bibimys by Massoia, 1980, Ameghiniana, 17: 280-287); also see comments under Kunsia . Subfamily Hesperomyinae; see comment under Cricetidae .

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