Chaetomys subspinosus (Olfers, 1818)

Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 771-806 : 790

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scientific name	Chaetomys subspinosus (Olfers, 1818)
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Chaetomys subspinosus (Olfers, 1818) . Neue Bibl. Reisenb., p.211.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Parâ, Cameta. Avila-Pires (1967:178) gave Brazil, Bahia, Ilheus as the type locality .

DISTRIBUTION: Atlantic forests of S Bahia and N Espirito Santo states of Brazil (not Amazonia).

STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Indeterminate. More common in suitable habitats than previously thought ( Oliver and Santos, 1991:17), and may be quite common near Uruçuca in S Bahia.

SYNONYMS: moricandi, rutila, tortilis, volubilis.

COMMENTS: See Oliver and Santos (1991) for a discussion of the confusion surrounding the distribution of this species.