Gymnuromys Major 1896

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 930-955 : 951

Gymnuromys Major 1896

Gymnuromys Major 1896 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18: 324.

Type Species: Gymnuromys roberti Major 1896

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Gymnuromys roberti Major 1896

Discussion: Ellerman (1941) created the subfamily Gymnuromyinae in recognition of the distinctive features of this species, which he believed to be derived from a Nesomys-like ancestor. Molecular data fail to support this independent status and instead generally relate the genus to other nesomyines ( Jansa et al., 1999). Contrasts with Eliurus and distribution reviewed by Carleton and Goodman (2003b).