Mus caroli Bonhote, 1902 . Novit. Zool., 9:627.

TYPE LOCALITY: Japan, Ryukyu (= Liukiu) Isis, Okinawa Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Natural range probably from Ryukyu Isis to Taiwan, S China (Fujian and Yunnan Provs., Hainan Isl, Hong Kong), Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand (N of Isthmus of Kra; see map in J. T. Marshall, Jr., 1977a). Also recorded from Malay Peninsula (S Kedah State), Sumatra, Java, Madura, and Flores Isis in Nusa Tenggara, all places where it was likely inadvertently introduced (Musser and Newcomb, 1983).

SYNONYMS: boninensis, fornwsanus, kakhyenensis, kukilensis, ouwensi.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Mus .