Dactylomys dactylinus (Desmarest 1817)

[Dactylomys] dactylinus (Desmarest 1817), Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., Vol. 10: 57.

Type Locality: Upper Amazon area (no locality in original description).

Vernacular Names: Amazon Bamboo Rat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Dactylomys dactylinus subsp. dactylinus Desmarest 1817

Subspecies Dactylomys dactylinus subsp. canescens Thomas 1912

Subspecies Dactylomys dactylinus subsp. modestus Lönnberg 1921

Distribution: N Brazil from near the mouth of the Amazon west to the base of the Andes in N Peru, Ecuador, and SW Colombia and south to N Bolivia; see Patton et al. (2000) for details.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Locally common.

Discussion: The genetic (da Silva and Patton, 1993) and morphological (Patton et al., 2000) divergence clearly support the recognition of dactylinus .