Neotomys ebriosus Thomas, 1894 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 14:348.

TYPE LOCALITY: Peru, Junin Dept., Vitoc Valley .

DISTRIBUTION: Altipiano of C Peru (Junin), south through northernmost Chile and W Bolivia, to NW Argentina; above 3350 m. Argentine locality records summarized by Barquez (1983).

SYNONYMS: vulturnus.

COMMENTS: Sanborn (1947a) reduced vulturnus to a subspecies of N. ebriosus .