Srilankamys Musser 1981

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1500

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scientific name	Srilankamys Musser 1981
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Srilankamys Musser 1981 , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 168: 268.

Type Species: Rattus ohiensis Phillips 1929

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Srilankamys ohiensis ( Phillips 1929)

Discussion: Dacnomys Division. A montane insular relict with possible phylogenetic ties to Chiromyscus and Niviventer , but not to Rattus ( Musser, 1981 b) . The genus also exhibits some morphological traits characteristic of Maxomys ; its inclusion in the Dacnomys Division has to be tested by broader character analyses that includes chromosomal and molecular data.