Grey Red-Backed Vole

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iGrey Red-Backed Vole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Myodes
Species: M. rufocanus
Binomial name
Myodes rufocanus
(Sundevall, )

The Grey Red-Backed Vole (Myodes rufocanus) is a species of vole. An adult Grey Red-Backed Vole weighs 20-50 grams, and has a body length of 110-142 millimeters, with a tail of 39-55 mm in length. This species ranges across northern Eurasia, including northern China, the northern Korean Peninsula, and the islands of Sakhalin and Hokkaido. It is bigger and longer-legged than the Northern Red-backed vole, which covers a similar range.

[edit] References

Won, Byeong-o (원병오) (2004). 한국의 포유동물 (Hangugui poyudongmul, Mammals of Korea). Seoul: Dongbang Media. ISBN 89-8457-310-8.

[edit] See also

Species of Myodes (Red-backed vole)

Myodes californicus (Western Red-backed Vole) | Myodes centralis (Tien Shan Red-backed Vole) | Myodes gapperi (Southern Red-backed Vole) | Myodes glareolus (Bank Vole) | Myodes rufocanus (Grey Red-backed Vole) | Myodes rutilus (Northern Red-backed Vole) | Myodes sikotanensis (Shikotan Vole) |

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