Japanese Red-Backed Vole

Japanese Red-backed Vole
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Myodes
Species: M. andersoni
Binomial name
Myodes andersoni
(Thomas, 1905)

The Japanese Red-backed Vole or Wakayama Red-backed Vole or Anderson's Red-backed Vole (Myodes andersoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Japan.

References

  1. ^ Kaneko, Y. & Ishii, N. (2008). Myodes andersoni. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 June 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.