Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Gymnuromys Major, 1896 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18:324 . TYPE SPECIES: Gymnuromys roberti Major, 1896 . COMMENTS: Ellerman (1941) created the new subfamily Gymnuromyinae in recognition of the distinctive features of this species, which he believed to be derived from a Nesomys-like ancestor.