Clethrionomys rutilus

(Pallas, 1779)

Northern Red-backed Vole

Formerly Myodes rutilus. Also as Red Vole.
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Location:Russia, Moscow, Tschernogolowka Research Station of Academy of SciencesDate taken:Jul 12, 2001

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4797

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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494907 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495074

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. and Shenbrot, G.I. 2020. Back to the future: the proper name for red-backed voles is Clethrionomys Tilesius and not Myodes Pallas. Mammalia 84(2):214-217. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2019-0067

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002166

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 80 names and synonyms.

Mus rutilus

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rutilus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

79, 246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494907 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495074

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

  1. Zimmermann (1783:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  2. Boddaert (1785:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  3. Gmelin (1788:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  4. Kerr (1792:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  5. Borkhausen (1797:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  6. Turton (1802:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  7. Wolf (1808:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  8. Goldfuss (1809:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  9. Pallas (1811:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29113937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37182)
  10. Desmarest (1816:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18034555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60396)
  11. Wagler (1830:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  12. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Lemmus rutilus

(Treviranus, 1802)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rutilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026078

Authority publication

Göttingen

Name usages

  1. Treviranus (1802:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026078) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  2. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  3. Treviranus (1803:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  4. Fischer (1829:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Myodes rutilus

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rutilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114110

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Pallas (1811:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37182)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  4. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Brachyurus rutilus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rutilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

vii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:vii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Hypudaeus rutilus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rutilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Schinz (1821:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  3. Brants (1827:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35204)
  4. Eichwald (1831:368, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  5. Schinz (1845:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  6. Fitzinger (1867:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  7. Schulze (1897:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)

Arvicola rutila

(Muirhead, 1819)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rutilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

437

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Muirhead (1819:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  2. Keyserling & Blasius (1841:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37115952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39764)
  3. Murray (1866:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

arvicola rutilus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rutilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521756

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1822:284, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  2. Lesson (1827:282, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Lesson (1842:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Bonaparte (1845:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  5. Schrenck (1859:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  6. Radde (1861:681, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  7. Radde (1862:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  8. Polyakov (1881:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66390)
  9. Lataste (1884:277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7847725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67832)
  10. Acloque (1900:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)

Hypudacus rutilus

(Mehlis, 1831)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rutilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

876

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27513137

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

Mehlis (1831:876, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27513137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68631)

Arvicola (Hypudaeus) amurensis

(von Schrenck, 1859)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

amurensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 69625

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

129

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479272

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Schrenck (1859:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  2. Murray (1866:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Polyakov (1881:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66390)
  4. Lataste (1884:280, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7847728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67832)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola (Hypudaeus) russatus

(von Radde, 1861)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

russatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

681

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850871

Authority publication

Mélanges biologiques tirés du Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Radde (1861:681, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  2. Radde (1862:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  3. Blanford (1875:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68515)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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