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 Mylomys Thomas, 1906 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 18:224 . TYPE SPECIES: Mylomys cuninghamei Thomas, 1906 (= Golunda dyboioskii Pousargues, 1893 ). COMMENTS: The Indian Golunda and Mylomys are usually considered close relatives of each other, but Musser (1987) discussed traits that indicated a distant relationship between the two genera and a closer phylogenetic alliance between Mylomys and Pelomys .