Hoplomys gymnurus (Thomas 1897)

[Hoplomys] gymnurus (Thomas 1897), Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 20: 550.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Esmeraldas Prov., Cachavi.

Vernacular Names: Armored Rat.

Synonyms: Hoplomys goethalsi Goldman 1912; Hoplomys truei J. A. Allen 1908 .

Distribution: EC Honduras to NW Ecuador.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Locally common.

Discussion: Cabrera (1961) placed hoplomyoides Tate, 1939 as a subspecies of gymnurus, but this taxon has been consistently placed in the genus Proechimys by other authors (Handley, 1976; Patton, 1987; Tate, 1939).