Dactylomys boliviensis Anthony 1920

Dactylomys boliviensis Anthony 1920, J. Mammal., 1: 82.

Type Locality: Bolivia, Cochabamba Dept., Misión San Antonia, Río Chimoré, 390 m.

Vernacular Names: Bolivian Bamboo Rat.

Distribution: C Bolivia, SE Peru, SW Brazil (Acre).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Emmons and Feer (1990) recognized only a single species, dactylinus, in the lowland Amazon basin, however, da Silva and Patton (1993) demonstrated the presence of two divergent forms of Dactylomys and Patton et al. (2000) provided morphological diagnoses and map ranges for boliviensis and dactylinus . Anderson (1997) recognized boliviensis as the only species of Dactylomys occurring in Bolivia.