Order Rodentia (Part 6) Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 560 594 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353039 0-89327-235-3 7353039 Hoplomys gymnurus (Thomas, 1897) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 20:550 . TYPE LOCALITY: Ecuador , Esmeraldas Prov. , Cachavi . DISTRIBUTION: E.C. Honduras to N. W. Ecuador . COMMENT: Formerly included hoplomyoides which was transferred to Proechimys by Handley, 1976 , Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull. Biol. Ser., 20(5):57. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410029007001001.