Craseomys andersoni

(O. Thomas, 1905)

Anderson's 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 : Craseomys
Subgenus : Phaulomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1905-11-28. Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., read a paper on the mammals collected in Japan by Mr. M. P. Anderson for His Grace the Duke of Bedford, and presented by the latter to the National Museum. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 23:18-19.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208099

Original name as described

Evotomys andersoni

Other common names

Japanese Red-backed Vole · Wakayama Red-backed Vole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.1.4.307

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3ae08fd8-0f97-48cd-925d-034d83eab0a2

Type locality

near Morioka, Tsunagi, Iwate Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

Taxonomy notes

includes imaizumii; moved from Myodes (now Clethrionomys) to Craseomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Abe, H., Ishii, N., Ito, T., Kaneko, Y., Maeda, K., Miura, S. and Yoneda, M. 2005. A Guide to the Mammals of Japan. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan. · Kohli, B. A., Speer, K. A., Kilpatrick, C. W., Batsaikhan, N., Damdinbaza, D., & Cook, J. A. (2014). Multilocus systematics and non-punctuated evolution of Holarctic Myodini (Rodentia: Arvicolinae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 76, 18-29. · Abramson, N.I., Lissovsky, A.A., 2012. Subfamily Arvicolinae. In: Pavlinov, I.Y.,Lissovsky, A.A. (Eds.), The Mammals of Russia: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, pp. 220-276.).

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002167

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Evotomys andersoni

(O. Thomas, 1905)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

andersoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.1.4.307

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3ae08fd8-0f97-48cd-925d-034d83eab0a2

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208099

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1906:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14049)

Craseomys niigatæ

M. P. Anderson, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

niigatae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.12.1.65

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fab82f5c-d530-4b9b-938b-3cc47c23c2bc

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097696

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Clethrionomys imaizumii

(E. W. Jameson, 1961)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

imaizumii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:324906

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33aafbeb6-9f43-4932-8715-83d14e7dc136

Authority page

599

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54291801

Authority publication

Pacific Science

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Clethrionomys andersoni

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

andersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

160

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Eothenomys andersoni

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

andersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

485, 486

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:485, 486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Phaulomys andersoni

(Musser & Carleton, 1993)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

andersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

532

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (1993:532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)

Myodes andersoni

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

andersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Myodes imaizumii

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

imaizumii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Craseomys andersoni

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

andersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

300

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16899/22372395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Craseomys imaizumii

Mammal Diversity Database, 2018

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

imaizumii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #400000091

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)

Craseomys niigate

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

niigate

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

113

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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