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 Myoprocta exilis (Wagler, 1831) . Isis, 24:621 . TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil , mouth of Rio Negro; reviewed by Allen (1916) . DISTRIBUTION: Guianas, S Venezuela and Colombia , E Ecuador , N Peru , Amazon Basin ( Brazil ). STATUS: Unknown. SYNONYMS: leptura. COMMENTS: Listed by Cabrera (1961:591) as M. acouchy exilis ; exilis considered a species by Husson (1978:468-472) and Tate (1939:151-229) .