Gymnuromys Major, 1896 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18:324.

TYPE SPECIES: Gymnuromys roberti Major, 1896 .

COMMENTS: Ellerman (1941) created the new subfamily Gymnuromyinae in recognition of the distinctive features of this species, which he believed to be derived from a Nesomys-like ancestor.