Thrichomys Trouessart 1880

Thrichomys Trouessart 1880, Cat. Mamm. Bull. Soc. Etudes Sci. Angers, Vol. 1881: 179.

Type Species: Nelomys apereoides Lund 1839

Species and subspecies: 3 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Thrichomys apereoides (Lund 1839)

Subspecies Thrichomys apereoides subsp. apereoides Lund 1839

Subspecies Thrichomys apereoides subsp. laurenteus Thomas 1904

Species Thrichomys inermis Pictet 1941

Species Thrichomys pachyurus (Wagner 1845)

Discussion: Formerly referred to as Cercomys, which was based on Cercomys cunicularius, a composite (Petter, 1973 b).