Dinomys branickii Peters 1873

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Dinomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1552-1552 : 1552

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scientific name	Dinomys branickii Peters 1873
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Dinomys branickii Peters 1873 , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 551.

Type Locality: Peru, Junin Dept., Montana de Vitoc, Amable Maria.

Vernacular Names: Pacarana.

Synonyms: Dinomys gigas Anthony 1921 ; Dinomys occidentalis Lönnberg 1921 ; Dinomys pacarana de Miranda-Ribeiro 1919 .

Distribution: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered; rare.

Discussion: Reviewed by White and Alberico (1992). The placement within the Chinchilloidea by Mones (1981) and Reig (1986) is supported in the molecular analysis of Huchon and Douzery (2001).