Craseomys smithii

(O. Thomas, 1905)

Smith'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. 1905-05-01. On some new Japanese mammals presented to the British Museum by Mr. R. Gordon Smith. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)15(89):487-495.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19244043

Original name as described

Evotomys (Phaulomys) Smithii

Other common names

Smith's Vole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1905.3.3.49

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d02573ca-a238-490d-97fd-e9c4df849fda

Type locality

Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

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/1002172

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 (Phaulomys) Smithii

(O. Thomas, 1905)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

smithii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.3.3.49

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d02573ca-a238-490d-97fd-e9c4df849fda

Authority page

493

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19244043

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1905:493, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19244043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16391)
  2. Thomas (1906:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888088) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14049)

Clethrionomys rufocanus okiensis

(M. Tokuda, 1933)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

okiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Tokuda collection 89

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

578

Authority publication

Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Eothenomys kageus

(Imaizumi, 1957)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kageus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NSMT-M 3081

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

204

Authority publication

Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Eothenomys smithi

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

smithi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

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)

Eothenomys smithii

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

smithii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

169

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Phaulomys smithii

(Musser & Carleton, 1993)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

smithii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

533

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (1993:533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)

Myodes smithii

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

smithii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Craseomys smithii

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

smithii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

301

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16900/22372648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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