Caenolestes convelatus Anthony, 1924 . Am. Mus. Novit., 120:1.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ecuador, Pichincha, "Las Maquinas, Western Andes 7000 feet altitude, on trail from Aloag to Santo Domingo de los Colorados."

DISTRIBUTION: W Colombia and NW Ecuador.

SYNONYMS: barbarensis Bublitz, 1987.