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 Proechimys hendeei Thomas, 1926 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 18:162 . TYPE LOCALITY: Peru , Loreto Dept., Puca Tambo (listed as Chachapoyas district, Amazonas, Peru in original) . DISTRIBUTION: NE Peru to S Colombia (Amazonian region of both countries). SYNONYMS: nigrofulvus. COMMENTS: Subgenus Proechimys . Considered as part of simonsi by Corbet and Hill (1991:206) and Eisenberg (1989:403) . The chromosome no. is 2n=32.