Dasyprocta azarae Lichtenstein, 1823 . Verz. Doublet. Zool. Mus. Berlin, p. 3.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Säo Paulo .

DISTRIBUTION: EC and S Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina.

STATUS: Uncommon.

SYNONYMS: acuti, aurea, catrinae, caudata, /elida, paraguayensis.