Xenomys Merriam, 1892

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 752

Xenomys Merriam, 1892 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 7:160.

TYPE SPECIES: Xenomys nelsoni Merriam, 1892 .

COMMENTS: Neotomine. Knowledge of biology and systematic relationships meager; among woodrats may share common ancestry with Hodomys ( Carleton, 1980) . Banded karyotype reported by Haiduk et al. (1988), who noted its resemblance to those of Onychomys and Peromyscus .