Dactylomys I. Geoffroy, 1838 . Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser. 2, 10:126.

TYPE SPECIES: Dactylomys typus I. Geoffroy, 1838 (= Echimys dactylinus Desmarest, 1817).

SYNONYMS: Lachnomys .

COMMENTS: Includes Lachnomys (Cabrera, 1961:543) .