Cremnomys Wroughton, 1912 . J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 21:340.

TYPE SPECIES: Cremnomys cutchicus Wroughton, 1912 .

SYNONYMS: Madromys .

COMMENTS: An Indian endemic that was incorporated into subgenus Rattus (Ellerman, 1941), then arranged as a valid subgenus within Rattus (Ellerman, 1961; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951), and finally reinstated as a very distinctive genus related to Millardia (Gadi and Sharma, 1983; Misonne, 1969; Raman and Sharma, 1977).