Craseomys rex

(Imaizumi, 1972)

Hokkaido 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 : Craseomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Imaizumi, Y. 1972. A new vole of the _Clethrionomys rufocanus_ group from Rishiri Island, Japan. Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan 5(3):99-103.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jmammsocjapan1952/5/3/5_3_99/_pdf

Original name as described

Clethrionomys rex

Type material

NSMT-M 10823

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kanrosen, Mt. Rishiri, Rishiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Japan

Taxonomy notes

moved from Myodes (now Clethrionomys) to Craseomys

Taxonomy notes citation

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/1002169

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.

Clethrionomys microtinus

(Kuzyakin, 1963)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

microtinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

111

Authority publication

Труды Московского общества испытателей природы

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Clethrionomys montanus

(Imaizumi, 1972)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NSMT-M 15574

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

140

Authority publication

Memoirs of the National Science Museum

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Clethrionomys rex

(Imaizumi, 1972)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rex

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NSMT-M 10823

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Myodes rex

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rex

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Craseomys rex

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rex

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 #400000093) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000093) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39591/22373239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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