Typhlomys Milne-Edwards, 1877 . Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 6, 12:9 [1877].

TYPE SPECIES: Typhlomys cinereus Milne-Edwards, 1877 .

COMMENTS: The Miocene Neocometes is morphologically closely allied to Typhlomys (see review in Carleton and Musser, 1984).