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 .