Cansumys canus Allen, 1928 . J. Mammal., 9:245.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, S Gansu (Kansu) Prov, Choni .

DISTRIBUTION: Known from vicinity of the type locality and Shaanxi Prov., China (Wang, 1990).

COMMENTS: Represented by the holotype and young animal described by Allen (1940) a specimen in the Field Museum of Natural History (36067), and Wang's (1990) record. Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), and Corbet (1978c) included canus as a form of Cricetulus triton, but Corbet and Hill (1991) listed it as a species of Cansumys .