Ichthyomys hydrobates (Winge, 1891) . Vidensk. Medd. Nat. Foren. Kjobenhavn, ser. 5, 3:20.

TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Mérida, Sierra de Mérida .

DISTRIBUTION: W Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador.

SYNONYMS: nicefori, soderstromi.

COMMENTS: The holotype may have originated from the vicinity of Mérida, 1600-1700 m (Voss, 1988). Taxonomy and distribution reviewed by Voss (1988), who retained nicefori and soderstromi as subspecies.