Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:51.

TYPE LOCALITY: "America meridionale;" restricted to Parâ, Brazil, by Thomas (1907ft) .

DISTRIBUTION: S Surinam and adjacent Brazil as a northern isolated segment; E Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and N Argentina as the main population.

SYNONYMS: boliviae Thomas, 1907; bruneti Milne-Edwards, 1871; encoubert Desmarest, 1822; flavimanus Desmarest, 1804; flavipes G. Fischer, 1814; gilvipes Lichtenstein, 1818; mustelinus Fitzinger, 1871; poyu Larranaga, 1923; setosus Wied, 1826; tucumanus Thomas, 1907.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Wetzel (1985ft) and Redford and Wetzel (1985, Mammalian Species, 252).