Dinomys branickii Peters, 1873 . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 551.

TYPE LOCALITY: Peru, Junin Dept., Montana de Vitoc, Amable Maria .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.

STATUS: IUCN - Endangered; rare.

SYNONYMS: gigas, occidentalis, pacarana.