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 Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766) . Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:103 . TYPE LOCALITY: Surinam . DISTRIBUTION: Panama , Colombia , Venezuela , the Guyanas and Peru , south through Brazil , Paraguay , N.E. Argentina , and Uruguay . COMMENT: Includes isthmius ; see Handley, 1966, in Wenzel and Tipton, eds., Ectoparasites of Panama , p. 785. Cabrera, 1961:583, gave Pernambuco , Brazil as the type locality, but see Husson, 1978:451 , for restriction. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410020001001001 as H. hydrochaeris . 5301410020001002001 as H. isthmius .