Apodemus argenteus (Temminck, 1844) . In Siebold, Temminck, and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Arnz et Socii, Lugduni Batavorum, p. 51.

TYPE LOCALITY: Japan .

DISTRIBUTION: Japan; the four main islands along with some of the smaller ones (Corbet, 1978c:136).

SYNONYMS: celatus, geisha, hokkaidi, sagax, tanei, yakui.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Alsomys, but subgeneric allocation was questioned by Corbet (1978c:136). Because the type-series of Mus argenteus Temminck, 1844 is composite, a lectotype was chosen by Smeenk et al. (1982), which stabilizes the name of this species. Year of publication of argenteus is usually listed as 1845 but description appeared in 1844 (Smeenk et al., 1982). Electrophoretic analyses of 17 enzymes reported by Saitoh et al. (1989) in context of biochemical systematics of Japanese Apodemus . Chromosomal and morphometric comparisons between A. argenteus and other Japanese Apodemus reviewed by Vorontsov et al. (1977a).