Pitymys sikimensis (Hodgson, 1849) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 3:203.

TYPE LOCALITY: India, Sikkim, no exact locality .

DISTRIBUTION: Himalayas from Nepal to N. Burma, Szechwan, and S. Kansu (China).

COMMENT: Subgenus Neodon; see Chaline, 1974. Includes irene; see Corbet, 1978:107, but Gromov and Polyakov, 1977:256, considered irene a distinct species. Martin, R. A., 1974, in Webb, ed„ Pleistocene Mammals of Florida, p. 60, considered Neodon a distinct genus; also see Martin, R. A., 1979, Evol. Monogr., 2.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008080040001 as Microtus sikimensis .

5301410008080017001 as Microtus irene .