Dasyprocta punctata Gray, 1842 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (ser. 1], 10:264.

TYPE LOCALITY: Nicaragua, Chinadega, El Realejo .

DISTRIBUTION: Chiapas and Yucatan Peninsula (S Mexico) to S Bolivia, N Argentina, and SW Brazil. Introduced into W and E Cuba and the Cayman Isis.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Honduras).

SYNONYMS: bellula, boliviae, callida, chiapensis, chocoensis, Columbiana, dariensis, isthmica, nuchalis, pallidiventris, pandora, richmondi, underwoodi, urucuma, variegata, yungarum, zamorae.

COMMENTS: Includes variegata (Goldman, 1913:11); but also see Handley (1976:56) and Emmons and Feer (1990:207) who listed variegata as a distinct species.