Nesomys Peters, 1870 . Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, p. 54.

TYPE SPECIES: Nesomys rufus Peters, 1870 .

SYNONYMS: Hallomys .

COMMENTS: Major (1897) synonymized Jentink's (1879) Hallomys (type species = H. audeberti) under Nesomys and allocated the genus to the Cricetinae .