Eothenomys shanseius (Thomas, 1908). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1908:643. TYPE LOCALITY: China, Shansi, 100 mi. (161 km) N.W. Taiyuenfu. DISTRIBUTION: Shansi and perhaps Hopei (China). COMMENT: Regarded by Allen, 1940, The Mammals of China and Mongolia, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2(2): 621 -1350, Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951:666, and Gromov and Polyakov, 1977:147, as a synonym of Clethrionomys rufocanus; but see Corbet, 1978: 102.

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Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 4), pp. 477-504 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 487, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353034