Red-backed vole
Red-backed voles are small, slender voles of the genus Clethrionomys found in North America, Europe, and Asia.[1] In recent years the genus name was changed to Myodes, however a 2019 paper found that Myodes was actually a junior synonym for Lemmus, thus making it unusable. As such, Clethrionomys is re-established as the proper genus name.[2]
| Red-backed voles Temporal range: | |
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| Southern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys gapperi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Tribe: | Myodini |
| Genus: | Clethrionomys Tilesius, 1850 |
| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
Red-backed voles inhabit northern forests, tundra and bogs. They feed on shrubs, berries and roots. Most species have reddish brown fur on their back. They have small eyes and ears. Unlike other voles, the molar teeth are rooted in adults.
The complete list of species is:
- Japanese red-backed vole, Clethrionomys andersoni
- Western red-backed vole, Clethrionomys californicus
- Tien Shan red-backed vole, Clethrionomys centralis
- Southern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys gapperi
- Bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus
- Imaizumi's red-backed vole, Clethrionomys imaizumii
- Korean red-backed vole, Clethrionomys regulus
- Hokkaido red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rex
- Grey red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rufocanus
- Northern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rutilus
- Shansei vole, Clethrionomys shanseius
- Smith's vole, Clethrionomys smithii
References
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Genus Myodes". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1020–1030. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Krystufek, B. (2019). "Back to the future: the proper name for red-backed voles is Clethrionomys Tilesius and not Myodes Pallas". Mammalia. 84 (2). doi:10.1515/mammalia-2019-0067.
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