Proechimys setosus (Desmarest, 1817) . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 10:59.

TYPE LOCALITY: Unknown, but probably Brazil, Bahia (Moojen, 1948:386) .

DISTRIBUTION: E Brazil (Minas Gerais).

SYNONYMS: cajennensis, elegans, fuliginosus.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Trinomys .