Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 930 955 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Brachytarsomys Günther 1875 Brachytarsomys Günther 1875 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1875: 79 . Type Species: Brachytarsomys albicauda Günther 1875 Species and subspecies: 2 species: Species Brachytarsomys albicauda Günther 1875 Species Brachytarsomys villosa F. Petter 1962 Discussion: 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 (2003 a ) .