Limnomys Mearns, 1905 . Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 28:451.

TYPE SPECIES: Limnomys sibuanus Mearns, 1905 .

COMMENTS: Taxonomic history and past erroneous association with Rattus reviewed by Musser (1977b), and Musser and Heaney (1992). Revised by Musser and Heaney (1992), who considered Limnomys a member of the Philippine New Endemics.