Brachytarsomys Günther, 1875 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1875:79.

TYPE SPECIES: Brachytarsomys albicauda Günther, 1875 .

COMMENTS: The incipient prismatic condition of the dentition persuaded Ellerman (1941) to classify Brachytarsomys as a primitive microtine.