Red-backed vole

Red-backed voles are small, slender voles of the genus Myodes found in North America, Europe, and Asia.[1] The genus name comes from the Greek "keyhole mouse". In the past, the genus has been called Evotomys or Clethrionomys, but Myodes takes precedence.

Red-backed voles Temporal range: Late Pliocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Southern red-backed vole, Myodes gapperi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Tribe:	Myodini
Genus:	Myodes Pallas, 1811
Species
Myodes andersoni Myodes californicus Myodes centralis Myodes gapperi Myodes glareolus Myodes imaizumii Myodes regulus Myodes rex Myodes rufocanus Myodes rutilus Myodes shanseius Myodes smithii
Synonyms
Clethrionomys Tilesius, 1850 Evotomys Coues, 1874 Phaulomys Thomas, 1905

Red-backed voles inhabit northern forests, tundra and bogs. They feed on shrubs, berries and roots. Most species have reddish brown fur on their back. They have small eyes and ears. Unlike other voles, the molar teeth are rooted in adults.

The complete list of species is:

• Japanese red-backed vole, Myodes andersoni
• Western red-backed vole, Myodes californicus
• Tien Shan red-backed vole, Myodes centralis
• Southern red-backed vole, Myodes gapperi
• Bank vole, Myodes glareolus
• Imaizumi's red-backed vole, Myodes imaizumii
• Korean red-backed vole, Myodes regulus
• Hokkaido red-backed vole, Myodes rex
• Grey red-backed vole, Myodes rufocanus
• Northern red-backed vole, Myodes rutilus
• Shansei vole, Myodes shanseius
• Smith's vole, Myodes smithii

References

1. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Genus Myodes". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1020–1030. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

External links

• Data related to Myodes at Wikispecies