Chilomys Thomas, 1897

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 699

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scientific name	Chilomys Thomas, 1897
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Chilomys Thomas, 1897 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 19:500.

TYPE SPECIES: Oryzomys instans Thomas, 1895 .

COMMENTS: Arranged with oryzomyines ( Reig, 1984) but tribal affinity obscure; perhaps more closely related to thomasomyines. Aspects of morphology reported by Carleton (1973) and Voss and Linzey (1981).