| Japanese red-backed vole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Craseomys |
| Species: | C. andersoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Craseomys andersoni (Thomas, 1905)
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. JHU Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780801895333.