thumb | right | alt=A 10cm skull of Phoberomys pattersoni in ventral view | The skull of Phoberomys pattersoni

Phoberomys is an extinct genus of rodents. Fossil specimens from the Late Miocene period have been discovered in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina, the Solimões Formation of Brazil, the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco in Venezuela, and the Pliocene of Peru.

  • Phoberomys burmeisteri (=P. insolita, P. lozanoi, P. minima, P. praecursor)
  • Phoberomys pattersoni

Another species, P. bordasii, has been considered as possibly belonging to Neoepiblema.

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