Clethrionomys rutilus
(Pallas, 1779)
Northern 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
Authority citation
Pallas, P.S. 1779. Fasciculus II. Pp. 71–388 in Pallas, P.S. 1778-1779. Novae species quadrupedum e glirium ordine cum illustrationibus variis complurium ex hoc ordine animalium. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 388 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494907 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495074Original name as described
Mus rutilus
Other common names
Red Vole
Type locality
center of Ob River delta, Siberia, Russia.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Nearctic
Country distribution
Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Kazakhstan · China · Mongolia · North Korea · Japan · United States · Canada
Subregion distribution
USA(AK)
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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