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

TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Bolivar Prov., Mt. Roraima .

DISTRIBUTION: S.E. Venezuela; adjacent Guyana and Brazil.

COMMENT: Transferred from Hoplomys by Handley, 1976, Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull. Biol. Ser., 20(5):57.