Urotrichus talpoides Temminck, 1841 . Het. Instit. K. Ned. Inst., p. 215.

TYPE LOCALITY: Japan, Kyushu, Nagasaki .

DISTRIBUTION: Grassland and forest of Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu (Japan); Dogo Isl, N Tsushima Isl (Japan).

SYNONYMS: adversus, centralis, hondoensis, minutus .

COMMENTS: Includes adversus, centralis, hondonis and minutus as subspecies; see Imaizumi (19706:128).