| Named By: | Kraglievich in 1926 |
| Time Period: | Late Miocene (Huayquerian)~9.0-7.246 Ma |
| Location: | South America |
| Size: | Total length 4.5 meters long, 1.5 meters tall, around 700 kilograms |
| Diet: | Herbviore |
| Fossil(s): | Few specimens |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Rodentia | Dinomyidae | |
| Also known as: | | Dabbenea pattersoni | |
Phoberomys is an extinct genus of rodents. Fossil specimens from the Late Miocene period have been discovered in the Ituzaingo Formation of Argentina, the Solimoes Formation of Brazil and the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco in Venezuela.