Fig. 61. Map showing the geographic ranges of the subspecies of three species of the subgenus Proechimys in Brazil.
Teeth.—Upper molariform teeth usually with three counterfolds (92.5 per cent of 42 specimens); M2 with four counterfolds in 5 per cent of specimens; M3 with two counterfolds in 2.5 per cent of specimens. Lower molariform teeth: p4 usually with three counterfolds (97.5 per cent of 39 specimens); rarely with four (2.5 per cent); m1 with three counterfolds in 58 per cent and two counterfolds in 42 per cent of specimens; m2 with three counterfolds in 61 per cent and two counterfolds in 39 per cent of specimens; m3 always with only two counterfolds.
Comparisons.—From P. l. boimensis, roberti differs in: wider incisive foramen; lower premolar with three, and one or two lower molars with only two, counterfolds, instead of lower premolar with four and all lower molars with three counterfolds. From P. longicaudatus, roberti differs in: upper parts Ochraceous-Orange instead of Ochraceous-Buff; incisive foramen wider in posterior third than in anterior third.
Remarks.—This subspecies seems to be adapted to forests of post-climactic conditions which is probably typical of most valleys and margins of the rivers in southern Goiaz and western Minas Gerais. It was found in Goiaz usually in riparian forests with climactic associations or in some advanced stage of the sere. The animals also make incursions into nearby open areas or crops of corn.
Specimens examined.—Total number, 52, from Brazil, as follows: Minas Gerais, Araguarí, Rio Jordão (effluent of Parnaiba), 960 meters alt., 2 (1 CNHM, 1 DZ); Goiaz, Anapolis, 1010 meters alt., 38 (MN); Goiaz, Pouso Alto, 768 meters alt., 11 (MN); Goiaz, Tio São Miguel, 2 (MN).