Reithrodon Waterhouse, 1837 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837:29.

TYPE SPECIES: Reithrodon typicus Waterhouse, 1838 (= Mus auritus Fischer, 1814).

COMMENTS: Arranged by Hershkovitz (1955a) with sigmodont rodents; other evidence points to its kinship with phyllotines (Olds and Anderson, 1989; Pearson and Patton, 1976).