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SPECIES Dinomys branickii
Author: | Peters, 1873. | Citation: | Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 551. | Common Name: | Pacarana | Type Locality: | Peru, Junin Dept., Montana de Vitoc, Amable Maria. | Distribution: | Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia. | Status: | IUCN – Endangered; rare. | Comments: | 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). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
gigas Anthony, 1921 occidentalis Lönnberg, 1921 pacarana de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1919
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