Coryphomys buhleri Schaub, 1937 . Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel, 48:2.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, W Timor, cave deposit near Nikiniki .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Timor.

COMMENTS: Known only by subfossil fragments collected at the type locality and from sites in E Timor (Glover, 1986). Related to endemic New Guinea murines and not to species of Papagomys, Hooijeromys, Komodomys, or Paulamys on Flores. Coryphomys buhleri is one of four species, each in its own genus, of giant rats (three have yet to be named and described) endemic to Timor; all are known only by subfossils (Glover, 1986).