Canariomys Crusafont-Pairo and Petter, 1964 . Mammalia, 28, Suppl.:607.

TYPE SPECIES: Canariomys bravoi Crusafont-Pairo and Petter, 1964 (fossil).

COMMENTS: Canariomys, along with Malpaisomys, represent the known murine fauna that was endemic to the Canary Islands, and is apparently now extinct (Boye et al., 1992; Hutterer et al., 1988; Lopez-Martinez and Lopez-Jurado, 1987).