Dactylomys peruanus J. A. Allen 1900

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1575-1592 : 1576

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scientific name	Dactylomys peruanus J. A. Allen 1900
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Dactylomys peruanus J. A. Allen 1900 , Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 13: 220.

Type Locality: Peru, Juliaca; corrected by J. A. Allen (1901) to Inca Mines, "about 200 miles [322 km] northeast of Jaliaca" 1,830 m, 13 o 30’S, 70 o W .

Vernacular Names: Montane Bamboo Rat.

Distribution: Cloud forest of SE Peru.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient. Unknown.

Discussion: Emmon and Feer (1997) indicated that this taxon occurs at 1,000 to 3,000 m in SE Peru and Bolivia, but see Anderson (1997), who recorded no specimens from Bolivia.