Lundomys molitor (Winge 1887)

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 : 1124

Lundomys molitor (Winge 1887)

[Hesperomys] molitor Winge 1887 , E Museo Lundii, Vol. 1, 3: 14.

Type Locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais State, cave chamber ("Lapa da Escrivania Nr. 5") near Lagoa Santa.

Vernacular Names: Lund's Amphibious Rat.

Synonyms: Lundomys magnus Hershkovitz 1955 .

Distribution: SE Brazil and Uruguay.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Holochilus magnus .

Discussion: Species originally described based on fossils from Recent cave deposits in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Extant populations (described as Holochilus magnus Hershkovitz, 1955 ) apparently restricted to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and Uruguay (González, 2000 b; Olrog and Lucero, 1981), but Pleistocene fossils known from EC Argentina (Pardiñas, 2000 b). Banded karyotypic comparisons with H. brasiliensis presented by Freitas et al. (1983 a, as H. magnus ); synonymy of magnus demonstrated by Voss and Carleton (1993); González (2000 b) recognized magnus as a subspecies for Uruguayan populations.