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Blarinomys Thomas, 1896 Oxymycterus breviceps. 



Brachy tarsomys Gunther, 1875 Brachytarsomys albicauda. 



Brachyuromys Forsyth Major, 1896. Brachyuromys ramirohitra. 

 t Calomys Waterhouse, 1837 Mus (Calomys) bisulcatus. 



Chilomys Thomas, 1897 Oryzomys instans. 



Oricetodon Lartet, 1851 Cricetodon sansaniensis, C. medium, C. 



minus. 



Cricetulus Edwards, 1867 Cricetulus griseus. 



Cricetus Zimmermann, 1777. . . Le Hamster. 



Decticus Aymard, 1853 ... Dedicus antiguus. 



Deilemys Saussiire, 1860 Hesperomys toltecus. 



Drymomys Tschudi, 1844 Drymomys parvulus. 



Eligmodontia^ F. Cuvier, 1837. Eligmodontia typus. 



Eliurus Edwards 1885 Eliurus myoxinus. 



? Eomys Schlosser, 1884 Eomys zitteli. 



Eumys Leid}', 1856 Eumys elegans. 



Euneomys Coues, 1874 Reithrodon chinchilloides. 



Gymnuromys Forsyth Major, 1896 Gymnuromys roberti. 



Habrothrix Wagner, 1843 Emended form for Abrothrix. 



Hallomys Jentink, 1879. Hallomys audeberti. 



Hamster Lacepede, 1801 Hamster nigricans. 



Heligmodontia Agassiz, 1846. . Emended form for Eligmodontia. 



Hesperomys Waterhouse, 1839. Mus bimaculatus. 



Holochilomys ('Brandt') Pe- Mus aquaticus, M. squamipes (modi- 

 ters, 1861. fied form of Holochilus). 



Holochilus Brandt, 1835 Mus (Holochilus) leucogaster, M. an- 



guya. 



Hypogeomys Grandidier, 1869. Hypogeomys antimena. 



Ichthyomys Thomas, 1893 Ichthyomys stolzmanni. 



* Lithomys Meyer, 1846 Lithomys parvulus. 



Megalomys Trouessart, 1881. . . Mus pilorides. 



'^fMicrotnys Aymard, 1848 Micromys minutus. (See Myotherlum.) 



* My avion Pomel, 1854 My avion antiquum, M. muscidoides, M. 



minutum, M. angustidens. 



Myotherium Aymard, 1853 New name for Micromys Aymard, 1848. 



Myoxomys Tomes, 1861 Hesperomys (Myoxomys) salvinii. 



Mystromys Wagner, 1841 Mystromys albipes. 



Necromys Ameghino, 1889 Necromys conifer. 



Nectomys Peters, 1861 Mus squamipes, Nectomys apicalis. 



t Neomys Gray, 1873 Neomys panamensis. 



Neotomys Thomas, 1894 Neotomys ebriosus. 



Nesomys Peters, 1870 Nesomys rufus. 



Notiomys Thomas, 1890 Hesperomys (Notiomys) edwardsii. 



Nyctomys Saussure, 1860 Hesperomys sumichrasti. 



Ochetodon Coues, 1874 Mus humilis. 



^ Emended to Eligmodon (Thomas, 1896), Ellmodon (Fitzinger, 1867), and 

 Heligmodontia (Agassiz, 1846). 



