Bullimus Mearns, 1905 . Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 28: 450.

REVIEWED BY: L. R. Heaney (LRH).

COMMENT: Formerly included as a subgenus of Rattus, with representatives from Malaya, Borneo, and Sulawesi, as well as the Philippines, by Misonne, 1969, Ann. Mus . R. Afr. Cent. Tervuren, ser. 8, Sci. Zool., 172:140- 142; but see Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 169(2): 136, who considered Bullimus a distinct genus from the Philippines; also see Sanborn, 1952, Fieldiana Zool., 33(2): 129-130.