Dasyprocta cristata (Desmarest, 1816) . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 2(1):215.

TYPE LOCALITY: Suriname .

DISTRIBUTION: Guianas.

STATUS: Unknown.

COMMENTS: May be synonymous with leporina; see Husson (1978:464-466), and Hershkovitz (19726:311-341). Husson (1978:464) designated the author as É. Geoffroy (1803:165), a work considered unavailable as it was never published (see Appendix I).