Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi Author Charles A. Woods text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 771 806 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353083 1-56098-217-9 7353083 Thrichomys Trouessart, 1880 . Cat. Mamm. Bull. Soc. Etudes Sci. Angers, 1881:179 . TYPE SPECIES: Nelomys aperoides Lund, 1839 . COMMENTS: Formerly referred to as Cercomys which was based on Cercomys cunicularius , a composite ( Petter, 1973b ).