NOTES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROECHIMYS-IHERINGI-DENIGRATUS, PROECHIMYS-IHERINGI-PARATUS AND PROECHIMYS-IHERINGI-GRATIOSUS IN EASTERN BRAZIL (RODENTIA, ECHIMYIDAE)

Proechimys iheringi is an echimyid rodent which is known to occur from the state of Bahia to the state of Sao Paulo in eastern Brazil. Six s ubspecies were originally described, although most taxa within P. iher ingi are known only from the type locality. In this note we add furthe r distribution records for P. i. denigratus, P. i. paratus, and P. i. gratiosus and also comment on possible limits for the distribution of P. i. denigratus.