Cyclopes didactylus catellus Thomas, 1928 a: 293

Miranda, Flávia R., Casali, Daniel M., Perini, Fernando A., Machado, Fabio A. & Santos, Fabrício R., 2018, Taxonomic review of the genus Cyclopes Gray, 1821 (Xenarthra: Pilosa), with the revalidation and description of new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183, pp. 687-721 : 708

Cyclopes didactylus catellus Thomas, 1928 a: 293 .

Holotype: Female, BMNH (26.1.12.17), collected by J. Steimback ( Fig. 19).

Type locality: ‘Buenavista, Santa Cruz, Bolivia’.

Referred specimens: Holotype: BMNH (26.12.17), Santa Cruz, Bolivia ; Bolivia: AMHN (262656), Beni; FMNH (51889, 51890), Santa Cruz; MNK (637, 4075), Santa Cruz; USNM (262493), Santa Cruz.

Distribution: This species occurs in central Bolivia, probably inhabiting Andean slopes forests ( Fig. 27).

Diagnosis: General colour brown-yellowish, tail and limbs more yellowish. Dorsal dark stripe absent, strongly developed and extensive sternal stripe present. Fronto-nasal region of the skull not depressed, with a straight profile. External aperture of the ear directed anteriorly. Naso-maxillary sutures divergent proximally, with a very short fronto-maxillary suture. Fronto-parietal suture with horseshoe shape, pterygoid bone overlaps tympanic bulla.

Comparisons: The absence of a dorsal stripe and the presence of a well-developed ventral stripe, as well the brownish tone, make this species readily recognizable. The only other species of Cyclopes with a ventral stripe and no dorsal stripe is Cyclopes thomasi sp. nov., but in the latter, the ventral stripe is faint and poorly developed, and the legs and tail are grey.

Remarks: Cyclopes didactylus catellus was described from the Santa Cruz region of Bolivia by Oldfield Thomas (1928), based on differences in pelage, shorter tail and absence of dorsal stripe, but with a clearly visible ventral (sternal) stripe, considered broader than in other taxa. Oldfield Thomas (1928) states that the