Eothenomys smithi (Thomas, 1905). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 15:493. TYPE LOCALITY: Japan, Honshu, Kobe. DISTRIBUTION: Dogo, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu (Japan). COMMENT: Includes kageus; see Ota and Jameson, 1961, Ecology, 42:184- 186, and Tanaka, 1971, Jpn. J. Zool., 16: 163-176. MLJ by pers. comm, with Y. Imaizumi considers kageus a separate species. Placed by Tanaka, 1971, Jpn. J. Zool., 16:163- 176, in the monotypic genus Phaulomys Thomas 1905; but see Corbet, 1978:102, and Aimi, 1980, Mem. Fac. Sci. Kyoto Univ. Ser. Biol., 8:35-84. Placed by Gromov and Polyakov, 1977:134, in genus Alticola, subgenus Aschizomys.

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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