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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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Synonyms:

    gigas Anthony, 1921
    occidentalis Lönnberg, 1921
    pacarana de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1919

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