Srilankamys Musser, 1981 . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 168:268.

TYPE SPECIES: Rattus ohiensis Phillips, 1929 .

COMMENTS: A montane insular relict with possible phylogenetic ties to Chiromyscus, Maxomys, and Niviventer, but not to Rattus (Musser, 1981b) .