Stenomys Thomas, 1910 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 6:507.

TYPE SPECIES: Mus verecundus Thomas, 1904 .

SYNONYMS: Nesoromys .

COMMENTS: Flannery (1990b) provided photographs of animals along with distributional and biological summaries of New Guinea species. Rümmler (1938) united Nesoromys with Stenomys .