Holochilus brasiliensis (Desmarest 1819)

[Mus] brasiliensis Desmarest 1819, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., Vol. 29: 62.

Type Locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais State, Lagoa Santa (as restricted by Hershkovitz, 1955 a:662) .

Vernacular Names: Brazilian Marsh Rat.

Synonyms: Holochilus anguyu (Brandt 1835); Holochilus cancellinus Wagner 1843; Holochilus darwini Thomas 1897; Holochilus leucogaster (Brandt 1835); Holochilus russatus (Wagner 1848); Holochilus vulpinus (Brants 1827) .

Distribution: SE Brazil, Uruguay, and EC Argentina.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Morphological definition and geographic range reduced in scope by Massoia (1980 a, 1981), who segregated H. sciureus as a species distinct from H. brasiliensis . González (2000 b) retained vulpinus as a subspecies for Uruguayan populations.