Brachytarsomys Günther 1875

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 : 948

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11328799
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scientific name	Brachytarsomys Günther 1875
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Brachytarsomys Günther 1875 View in CoL

Brachytarsomys Günther 1875 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1875: 79.

Type Species: Brachytarsomys albicauda Günther 1875

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Brachytarsomys albicauda Günther 1875

Species Brachytarsomys villosa F. Petter 1962

Discussion: The incipient prismatic condition of the dentition persuaded Ellerman (1941) to classify Brachytarsomys as a primitive arvicoline. Specific discrimination and distributions reviewed by Carleton and Goodman (2003 a).