Acritophiomys

{{Short description|Extinct genus of rodents}}

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| fossil_range = Late Eocene

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| genus = Acritophiomys

| species = bowni

| authority = Sallam et. al., 2012

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Acritophiomys is an extinct genus of phiomorph rodent that inhabited Egypt during the Late Eocene. It contains a single species, A. bowni.{{Cite journal |last1=Sallam |first1=Hesham M. |last2=Seiffert |first2=Erik R. |last3=Simons |first3=Elwyn L. |date=30 March 2012 |title=A basal phiomorph (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt |url=https://sjpp.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s13358-012-0039-6 |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |language=en |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=283–301 |doi=10.1007/s13358-012-0039-6 |bibcode=2012SwJP..131..283S |issn=1664-2376 |access-date=5 January 2025 |via=Springer Open}}