Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi Author Charles A. Woods text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 771 806 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353083 1-56098-217-9 7353083 Galea flavidens (Brandt, 1835) . Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, ser. 6, 3:439 . TYPE LOCALITY: Unknown; possibly Minas Gerais , Brazil . DISTRIBUTION: Brazil . SYNONYMS: bilobidens. COMMENTS: Paula Couto (1950:232) considered flavidens synonymous with spixii , but see Cabrera (1961:573) who believed both to be distinct species and discussed the type locality.