Hoplomys gymnurus (Thomas 1897)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1575-1592 : 1583

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scientific name	Hoplomys gymnurus (Thomas 1897)
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[Hoplomys] gymnurus (Thomas 1897) , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 20: 550.

Type Locality: Ecuador, Esmeraldas Prov., Cachavi.

Vernacular Names: Armored Rat.

Synonyms: Hoplomys goethalsi Goldman 1912 ; Hoplomys truei J. A. Allen 1908 .

Distribution: EC Honduras to NW Ecuador.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Locally common.

Discussion: Cabrera (1961) placed hoplomyoides Tate, 1939 as a subspecies of gymnurus , but this taxon has been consistently placed in the genus Proechimys by other authors ( Handley, 1976; Patton, 1987; Tate, 1939).