Dasymys Peters, 1875 . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, p. 12.

TYPE SPECIES: Dasymys gueinzii Peters, 1875 (= Mus incomtus Sundevall, 1847; see Allen, 1939).

COMMENTS: Chromosomal data summarized by Carleton and Martinez (1991). Closest phylogenetic allies yet to be determined, but many pelage, cranial, and dental traits of Dasymys suggest alliance with Aethomys .