Proechimys hoplomyoides (Tate, 1939) . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 76:179.

TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Bolivar Prov., Mt. Roraima (2,000 m) .

DISTRIBUTION: SE Venezuela, adjacent Guyana and Brazil.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Proechimys . Transferred from Hoplomys by Handley (1976:57).