abstract:Zygodontomys brevicauda, also known as the Short-tailed Zygodont,Musser and Carleton, 2005 Short-tailed Cane Mouse,Delgado et al., 2008 or Common Cane Mouse,Duff and Lawson, 2004 is a species of rodent in the genus Zygodontomys of tribe Oryzomyini.