Berylmys Ellerman, 1947 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1947:261.

COMMENT: Considered a subgenus of Rattus by Ellerman, 1947, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1947:261, Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1966:600, and Marshall,1977, in Lekagul and McNeely, p. 405; included in subgenus Bullimus of Rattus by Misonne, 1969, Ann. Mus . R. Afr. Cent. Tervuren, ser. 8, Sei. Zool., 172:141; but see Musser and Boeadi, 1980, J. Mammal., 61: 396-397, who considered Berylmys distinct, and Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 169(2): 136, who considered Bullimus a distinct genus from the Philippines; also see Ellerman, 1949, The Families and Genera of Living Rodents, 3:78, and Musser, 1981, Zool. Verhandelingen, 189:30.