| Colombian Forest Mouse Temporal range: Recent |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Thomasomyini |
| Genus: | Chilomys Thomas, 1897 |
| Species: | C. instans |
| Binomial name | |
| Chilomys instans Thomas, 1895 |
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The Colombian Forest Mouse (Chilomys instans) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Chilomys. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.