Holochilus brasiliensis (Desmarest 1819)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1119

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scientific name	Holochilus brasiliensis (Desmarest 1819)
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[Mus] brasiliensis Desmarest 1819 , Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., Vol. 29: 62.

Type Locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais State, Lagoa Santa (as restricted by Hershkovitz, 1955 a:662) .

Vernacular Names: Brazilian Marsh Rat.

Synonyms: Holochilus anguyu (Brandt 1835) ; Holochilus cancellinus Wagner 1843 ; Holochilus darwini Thomas 1897 ; Holochilus leucogaster (Brandt 1835) ; Holochilus russatus (Wagner 1848) ; Holochilus vulpinus ( Brants 1827) .

Distribution: SE Brazil, Uruguay, and EC Argentina.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Morphological definition and geographic range reduced in scope by Massoia (1980 a, 1981), who segregated H. sciureus as a species distinct from H. brasiliensis . González (2000 b) retained vulpinus as a subspecies for Uruguayan populations.