Order Rodentia (Part 6) Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 560 594 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353039 0-89327-235-3 7353039 Proechimys guyannensis (E. Geoffroy, 1803) . Cat. Mamm. Mus . Nat. Hist. Nat., p. 194 . TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana , Cayenne . DISTRIBUTION: Colombia to the Guianas, N.E. Peru , N.W. Bolivia and C. Brazil ; Gorgona Isl. ( Colombia ). COMMENT: Formerly included warreni (see Husson, 1978:436 ), guairae , oris , poliopus , trinitatus , and urichi (see Reig et al., 1980:291-312 , in Voronstov and Van Brink, eds., Animal genetics and evolution, Junk, The Hague). Includes cherriei; see Petter, 1978 , C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, ser. D, 287:261-264, and Reig et al., 1980:291-312 , in Voronstov and Van Brink, eds., Animal genetics and evolution, Junk, The Hague. Patton and Gardner, 1972 , Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 44, reported the karyotype, from E. Peru . ISIS NUMBER: 5301410029011005001.