Myoprocta exilis (Wagner, 1831) . Isis, 24:621.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, mouth of Rio Negro .

DISTRIBUTION: Guianas; S. Venezuela and Colombia; E. Ecuador; N. Peru; Amazon Basin (Brazil).

COMMENT: Listed by Cabrera, 1961:591, as M. acouchy exilis . Considered a species by Husson, 1978:468-472, and Tate, 1939, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 76:151-229. The type locality was reviewed by Allen, 1916, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 35:559-610.