Craseomys rufocanus

(Sundevall, 1847)

Gray 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

Sundevall, C.J. 1847. _Hypudæus rufocanus_, ny svensk djurart. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3:122-123.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2581779

Original name as described

Hypudaeus rufocanus

Other common names

Gray-sided Vole

Type material

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Lappmark, Sweden.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Kazakhstan · China · Mongolia · North Korea · Japan

Taxonomy notes

includes shanseius; 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.). · Tang, M. K., Jin, W., Tang, Y., Yan, C. C., Murphy, R. W., Sun, Z. Y., ... & Liu, S. Y. (2018). Reassessment of the taxonomic status of Craseomys and three controversial species of Myodes and Alticola (Rodentia: Arvicolinae). Zootaxa, 4429(1), 1-52.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002170

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hypudaeus rufocanus

(Sundevall, 1847)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rufocanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2581779

Authority publication

Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar

Name usages

  1. Schulze (1897:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola rufocanus

(von Radde, 1861)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rufocanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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 (1862:185, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  3. Polyakov (1881:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66390)
  4. Nikol'skiy (1883:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67821)
  5. Lataste (1884:282, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7847730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67832)

Arvicola rufocanus var. sibirica

(Poljakov, 1881)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sibirica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

56

Authority publication

Записки Императорской академіи наук

Name usages

Polyakov (1881:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66390)

Arvicola Wosnessenskii

(Poljakov, 1881)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

wosnessenskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 69731

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

56

Authority publication

Записки Императорской академіи наук

Name usages

  1. Polyakov (1881:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66390)
  2. Lataste (1884:280, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7847728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67832)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicola rufocanus variété kamtschaticus

(Lataste, 1884)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kamtschaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7847732

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

Lataste (1884:284, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7847732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67832)

Evotomys rufocanus

(G. S. Miller, 1896)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rufocanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811333

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Miller (1896:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14564)
  2. Thomas (1906:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14049)
  3. Miller (1912:648, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  4. Kuznetsov (1932:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68874)

Evotomys (Craseomys) latastei

(J. A. Allen, 1903)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

latastei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

145

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1906:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14049)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Evotomys bedfordiae

(O. Thomas, 1905)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bedfordiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.1.4.298

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e22f7c05-cdf9-4c42-999e-6aa2e71d9322

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

  1. Thomas (1906:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14049)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Craseomys shanseius

O. Thomas, 1908

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

shanseius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.7.85

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7163a88e-5801-43f0-9de3-d4194671b1db

Authority page

643

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31938837

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000095) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000095) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7805/22373694) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Craseomys rufocanus

Ognev, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rufocanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

509

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8484970

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Ognëv (1912:509, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8484970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68072)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000094) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000094) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4974/22373004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  8. Abramson, Skalon, Bondareva, Bodrov, Petrova & Dvoyashov (2025:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68651)

Evotomys kolymensis

(Ognev, 1922)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kolymensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-3923

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-3923

Authority page

108

Authority publication

Биологические Известия государственного научно-исследовательского института им. Тимирязева

Name usages

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

Evotomys (Craseomys) irkutensis

(Ognev, 1923)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

irkutensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-3909

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-3909

Authority page

69

Authority publication

Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы

Name usages

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

Evotomys ussuriensis

(Ognev, 1923)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ussuriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

70

Authority publication

Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы

Craseomys rufocanus bargusinensis

Turov, 1924

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bargusinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

110

Authority publication

Доклады Российской Академии Наук

Name usages

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

Evotomys (Craseomys) arsenjevi

(Dukel'skaya, 1928)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arsenjevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-19270

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-19270

Authority page

40

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Clethrionomys rufocanus kurilensis

(M. Tokuda, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kurilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

206

Authority publication

Transactions of the Natural History Society of Sapporo

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 rufocanus bedfordiae

(Kuroda, 1933)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bedfordiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

159

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan

Name usages

Kuroda (1933:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68962)

Clethrionomys rufocanus

(Kuroda, 1933)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rufocanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

157

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan

Name usages

  1. Kuroda (1933:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68962)
  2. Razorenova (1952:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68867)
  3. Kurtén (1968:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Musser & Carleton (1993:509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  8. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Clethrionomys rufocanus rufocanus

(Kuroda, 1933)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rufocanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

157

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan

Name usages

Kuroda (1933:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68962)

Neoaschizomys sikotanensis

(M. Tokuda, 1935)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sikotanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

241

Authority publication

Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto

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)

Microtus inez jeholicus

(Kuroda, 1939)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

jeholicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

YIO 857

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan

Name usages

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

Clethrionomys rufocanus var. karafutoensis

(M. Tokuda, 1940)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

karafutoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

45

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Neoaschizomys sikotanensis akkeshii

(Imaizumi, 1949)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

akkeshii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

242

Authority publication

book

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)

Eothenomys shanseius

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

shanseius

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. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)

Clethrionomys sikotanensis

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sikotanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

482

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Clethrionomys rufocanus bromleyi

(Kostenko, 1984)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bromleyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

188

Authority publication

book

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 rufocanus bromleyi

(Kostenko & Allenova, 1988)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bromleyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

29

Authority publication

Yekaterinburg

Clethrionomys rufocanus changbaishanensis

(Jang Jianqing, Ma Yong, & Luo Zexun, 1993)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

changbaishanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BIZ 22195

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

118, 122

Authority publication

Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica

Name usages

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

Myodes rufocanus

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rufocanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Myodes shanseius

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

shanseius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

siberica

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

siberica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

1026

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:1026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Myodes rufocanus changbaishanensis

(A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

changbaishanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

235

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Craseomys rufocanus bedfordiae

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bedfordiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

108

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Craseomys rufocanus rufocanus

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rufocanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

107

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Craseomys rufocanus shanseius

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

shanseius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

108

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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