Proechimys longicaudatus leucomystax [Ribeiro]
Proechimys leucomystax [Ribeiro], May, 1914, Commissão de linhas telegraphicas estrategicas de Matto Grosso ao Amazonas, Annexo no. 5. Hit. Nat., Zool., Mammiferos, p. 42, pl. 24 (orig. descr.); [Tate], 1935, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 68(5):400; [Ellerman], 1940, The families and genera of living rodents, Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), 1:119.
Type locality.—Utiarití, Rio Papagaio, Diamantion, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Type: Museu Nacional, no. 2212, adult, skull only, collected on 5 May 1909, by Prof. A. Miaranda [Ribeiro], is here designated lectotype. See remarks.
Range.—Serra dos Parecís, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Diagnosis.—Ochraceous-Buff, richly lined with blackish, on upper parts; some setiforms completely blackened distally; incisive foramen regularly ovoid; vomerine sheath incomplete; upper molariform teeth and lower premolar with three counterfolds; m2 with three counterfolds but m1 and m3 usually with two counterfolds.
Pelage.—Aristiforms on middorsal region: Grayish basally, gradually blackening toward tip which is extended as a long filament; total length 21 to 22 mm; maximum width 0.65 mm. Setiforms on middorsal region: Whitish basally, gradually blackening toward tip but interrupted by Ochraceous-Buff, subapical zone; some setiforms grayish basally and gradually blackening toward distal portion without any colored, subapical zone; total length 20 to 22 mm, maximum width 0.06 mm. Setiforms on outer thigh: White basally, gradually becoming gray toward tip but interrupted by Light Ochraceous-Buff, subapical zone; some setiforms gray basally and blackening toward tip, but interrupted by Ochraceous-Buff, subapical zone; total length 15 to 18 mm; maximum width 0.08 mm.
Skull.—Slender; supraorbital ridges conspicuous; bullae large, smooth and inflated, with slight, transverse groove; jugals narrow; postorbital processes of zygomata small and involving only squamosal; incisive foramen of medium size but narrow (5 x 2.5 mm), regularly oval and with margins uplifted posteriorly; vomerine sheath incomplete but maxillary part projecting forward and sometimes almost reaching premaxillary part; mesopterygoid fossa reaching forward as far as centers of third molars; posterior palatine foramina at plane of posterior faces of second molars or slightly anterior thereto.
Teeth.—Upper molariform teeth with three counterfolds. Lower molariform teeth: p4 and m2 always with 3 counterfolds; m1 and m3 with 2 counterfolds.
Comparisons.—From P. l. longicaudatus, leucomystax differs in: upper parts richly lined, instead of scarcely lined, with blackish; incisive foramen narrower, and regularly oval instead of widest anteriorly.