Caryomys inez

(O. Thomas, 1908)

Kolan Red-backed Vole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Clethrionomyini
Genus : Caryomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1908-12-15. Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., read a paper on Mammals collected in the Provinces of Shan-si and Shen-si, Northern China, by Mr. M. P. Anderson, for the Duke of Bedford's Zoological Exploration of Eastern Asia. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 63:44-45.

Original name as described

Microtus inez

Other common names

Inez's Red-backed Vole · Inez's Vole · Kolan Vole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.1.188

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mountains 12 miles [= 19 km] N.W. of Ko-lan-chow [= Kelan Xian], Shan-si [= Shanxi, China]. 7000' [= 2134 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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