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GENUS Brachytarsomys

Author:Günther, 1875.
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1875: 79.
Type Species:Brachytarsomys albicauda Günther, 1875.
Comments:The incipient prismatic condition of the dentition persuaded Ellerman (1941) to classify Brachytarsomys as a primitive arvicoline. Specific discrimination and distributions reviewed by Carleton and Goodman (2003a).
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SPECIES albicauda

SPECIES villosa

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