Smith's vole

Smith's vole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Craseomys
Species:
C. smithii
Binomial name
Craseomys smithii
(Thomas, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Eothenomys smithii (Thomas, 1905)
  • Myodes smithii (Thomas, 1905)
  • Phaulomys smithii (Thomas, 1905)[1]

Smith's vole (Craseomys smithii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is also known as Smith's red-backed vole and is found only in Japan.

This vole is named after Richard Gordon Smith, (1858–1918) who, after falling out with his wife, traveled the world hunting for animals and keeping a record of his travels and discoveries in eight large leather-bound diaries. He spent some time in Japan where he collected mammals for the British Museum,[2] including the type specimen of this vole.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cassola, F. (2016). "Myodes smithii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16900A22372648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16900A22372648.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Richard Gordon Smith's Journal Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Phoenixbonsai.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-27.
  3. ^ Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (28 September 2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. JHU Press. pp. 383–. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. Retrieved 27 December 2012.