Urotrichus Temminck, 1841 . Het. Instit. K. Ned. Inst., p. 212.

TYPE SPECIES: Urotrichus talpoides Temminck, 1841 .

SYNONYMS: Dymecodon .

COMMENTS: Tribe Urotrichini; see Storch and Qiu (1983:100). Includes Dymecodon; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:33-34). See also Imaizumi (19706:123) who considered Dymecodon a distinct genus.