Kunsia tomentosus (Lichtenstein 1830)

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 : 1122

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scientific name	Kunsia tomentosus (Lichtenstein 1830)
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[Mus] tomentosus Lichtenstein 1830 , Darst. Saugeth., Vol. 7, 15: 33.

Type Locality: Brazil, SE area along the Río Uruguay (as restricted by Hershkovitz, 1966 c:120) .

Vernacular Names: Woolly Kunsia.

Synonyms: Kunsia gnambiquarae (Mirando Ribeiro 1914) ; Kunsia principalis (Lund 1840) .

Distribution: NE Bolivia (Beni and Santa Cruz Depts.—Anderson, 1993, 1997) and WC Brazil (Mato Grosso); Pleistocene cave samples in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Rare in collections; range inadequately known. See Massoia and Fornes (1965) and Hershkovitz (1966 c) for justification of synonymy.