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 musteloides Meyen, 1832 . Nouv. Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., 16:597 . TYPE LOCALITY: Peru , Paso de Tacna , on road to Lake Titicaca . DISTRIBUTION: S Peru , Bolivia , Argentina , N Chile . STATUS: Common. SYNONYMS: auceps, boliviensis , comes, demissa, leucoblephara, littoralis, negrensis. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Mann (1950:2) .