Clethrionomys gapperi

(Vigors in Gapper, 1830)

Southern 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 : Clethrionomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gapper. 1830-06. Observations on the Quadrupeds found in the District of Upper Canada extending between York and Lake Simcoe, with the view of illustrating their geographical distribution, as well as of describing some Species hitherto unnoticed. Zoological Journal 5(18):201-207.

Original name as described

Arvicola Gapperi

Other common names

Boreal Red-backed Vole · Gapper's Red-backed Vole · Revillagigedo Island Red-backed Vole

Type locality

between York [= Toronto] and Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(VA,NJ,AK,ID,AZ,WY,MA,WI,NH,ND,WA,KY,NM,CT,OR,OH,GA,RI,UT,MI,PA,IA,MN,TN,MT,WV,NY,VT,CO,MD,NC,ME,SC,SD)

Taxonomy notes

oldest name available for this genus is now Clethrionomys, as Myodes was shown to be a synonym of Lemmus (however, this is controversial)

Taxonomy notes citation

Kryštufek, B., Tesakov, A. S., Lebedev, V. S., Bannikova, A. A., Abramson, N. I., & Shenbrot, G. (2020). Back to the future: the proper name for red-backed voles is Clethrionomys Tilesius and not Myodes Pallas. Mammalia, 84(2), 214-217.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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