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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Original 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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