Tarsomys Mearns, 1905 . Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 28:453.

COMMENT: Included in Rattus by Simpson, 1945, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 85: 1 -350, and Misonne, 1969, Ann. Mus . R. Afr. Cent. Tervuren, ser. 8, Sci. Zool., 172: 182; but see Musser, 1977, Am. Mus . Novit., 2624:12, and Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 169(2): 137, who listed Tarsomys as a distinct genus.