Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Myodes smithii
Myodes smithii: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Myodes smithii: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc) as Phaulomys smithii
Comment:
Comments: Type species of Phaulomys Thomas (1905b), diagnosed as a subgenus of Evotomys. Imaizumi (1949) transferred Phaulomys to Eothenomys, an action largely ignored (e.g., Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951) until adopted by Corbet (1978c) and Aimi (1980). Phaulomys was reinstated as a genus, containing andersoni and smithii, by Kawamura (1988), who thought the two extant species with rootless molars (a key trait of Eothenomys) were derived from the middle Pleistocene japonicus, which has rooted mo...