Japanese red-backed vole

Japanese red-backed vole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Craseomys
Species:
C. andersoni
Binomial name
Craseomys andersoni
(Thomas, 1905)

The Japanese red-backed vole, Wakayama red-backed vole, or Anderson's red-backed vole (Craseomys andersoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only on the island of Honshu in Japan. It was first described by the British zoologist Oldfield Thomas in 1905. Thomas named it in honor of scientific collector Malcolm Playfair Anderson.[2] The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists it as "least concern".[1]

  1. ^ a b Cassola, F. (2016). "Myodes andersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16899A22372395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16899A22372395.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. JHU Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780801895333.