Grey red-backed vole

Grey 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. rufocanus
Binomial name
Craseomys rufocanus
(Sundevall, 1846)
Range of Craseomys rufocanus
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Clethrionomys rufocanus
  • Myodes rufocanus
  • Myodes sikotanensis

The grey red-backed vole or the grey-sided vole (Craseomys rufocanus) is a species of vole.[3] An adult grey red-backed vole weighs 20-50 grams. This species ranges across northern Eurasia, including northern China, the northern Korean Peninsula, and the islands of Sakhalin and Hokkaidō. It is larger and longer-legged than the northern red-backed vole (Clethrionomys rutilus), which covers a similar range and it is also sympatric with the Norwegian lemming (Lemmus lemmus).

  1. ^ Sheftel, B.; Henttonen, H. (2016). "Myodes rufocanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4974A22373004. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T4974A22373004.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "SPECIES Myodes rufocanus (Gray red-backed vole) (Clethrionomys rufocanus)". UniProt Taxonomy. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  3. ^ a b Mammal Diversity Database (2023). "Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]". Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7830771.