Oryzomys hammondi (Thomas, 1913) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 12: 570.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ecuador, Pichincha Prov., Mindo, 1284 m .

DISTRIBUTION: Andean Ecuador.

COMMENT: Formerly included in Macruroryzomys; see Cabrera, 1961:410, and Walker et al., 1975:764. Hershkovitz, 1970, J. Mammal., 51:789-794, considered Macruroryzomys a nomen nudum; hammondi is a possible precursor to the extinct Antillean genus Megalomys. Also see Pine and Wetzel, 1975, Mammalia, 39:353.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008035031001.