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.