Hokkaido Red-backed Vole

Hokkaido Red-backed Vole
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Myodes
Species:	M. rex
Binomial name
*Myodes rex* (Imaizumi, 1971)

The Hokkaido Red-backed Vole (Myodes rex) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

References

^ Abe, H. & Kaneko, Y. (2008). Myodes rex. 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.

Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
N. I. Abramov, A. V. Abramov and G. I. Baranova: New species of Red-Backed Vole (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) in fauna of Russia: Molecular and morphologic evidences. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, Vol. 313, No. 1, 2009, рр. 3–9

Extant species of subfamily Arvicolinae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Euarchontoglires · Order: Rodentia · Family: Cricetidae

Arvicolini

Arvicola (Water voles)	European Water Vole (A. amphibius) · Southwestern Water Vole (A. sapidus) · Montane Water Vole (A. scherman)

Blanfordimys	Afghan Vole (B. afghanus) · Bucharian Vole (B. bucharicus)

Chionomys (Snow voles)	Caucasian Snow Vole (C. gud) · European Snow Vole (C. nivalis) · Robert's Snow Vole (C. roberti)

Lasiopodomys	Brandt's Vole (L. brandtii) · Plateau Vole (L. fuscus) · Mandarin Vole (L. mandarinus)

Lemmiscus	Sagebrush Vole (L. curtatus)

Microtus (Voles)	Subgenus Microtus: Field Vole (M. agrestis) · Anatolian Vole (M. anatolicus) · Common Vole (M. arvalis) · Cabrera's Vole (M. cabrerae) · Doğramaci's Vole (M. dogramacii) · Günther's Vole (M. guentheri) · Tien Shan Vole (M. ilaeus) · Persian Vole (M. irani) · Southern Vole (M. levis) · Paradox Vole (M. paradoxus) · Qazvin Vole (M. qazvinensis) · Schidlovsky's Vole (M. schidlovskii) · Social Vole (M. socialis) · European Pine Vole (M. subterraneus) · Transcaspian Vole (M. transcaspicus) Subgenus Terricola: Bavarian Pine Vole (M. bavaricus) · Calabria Pine Vole (M. brachycercus) · Daghestan Pine Vole (M. daghestanicus) · Mediterranean Pine Vole (M. duodecimcostatus) · Felten's Vole (M. felteni) · Liechtenstein's Pine Vole (M. liechtensteini) · Lusitanian Pine Vole (M. lusitanicus) · Major's Pine Vole (M. majori) · Alpine Pine Vole (M. multiplex) · Savi's Pine Vole (M. savii) · Tatra Pine Vole (M. tatricus) · Thomas's Pine Vole (M. thomasi) Subgenus Mynomes: Beach Vole (M. breweri) · Gray-tailed Vole (M. canicaudus) · Montane Vole (M. montanus) · Creeping Vole (M. oregoni) · Meadow Vole (M. pennsylvanicus) · Townsend's Vole (M. townsendii) Subgenus Alexandromys: Clarke's Vole (M. clarkei) · Evorsk Vole (M. evoronensis) · Reed Vole (M. fortis) · Gerbe's Vole (M. gerbei) · Taiwan Vole (M. kikuchii) · Lacustrine Vole (M. limnophilus) · Maximowicz's Vole (M. maximowiczii) · Middendorf's Vole (M. middendorffi) · Mongolian Vole (M. mongolicus) · Japanese Grass Vole (M. montebelli) · Muisk Vole (M. mujanensis) · Tundra Vole (M. oeconomus) · Sakhalin Vole (M. sachalinensis) Subgenus Stenocranius: Narrow-headed Vole (M. gregalis) Subgenus Pitymys: Guatemalan Vole (M. guatemalensis) · Tarabundí Vole (M. oaxacensis) · Woodland Vole (M. pinetorum) · Jalapan Pine Vole (M. quasiater) Subgenus Pedomys: Prairie Vole (M. ochrogaster) Subgenus Hyrcanicola: Schelkovnikov's Pine Vole (M. schelkovnikovi) incertae sedis: Insular Vole (M. abbreviatus) · California Vole (M. californicus) · Rock Vole (M. chrotorrhinus) · Long-tailed Vole (M. longicaudus) · Mexican Vole (M. mexicanus) · Singing Vole (M. miurus) · Water Vole (M. richardsoni) · Zempoaltépec Vole (M. umbrosus) · Taiga Vole (M. xanthognathus)

Neodon (Mountain voles)	Juniper Vole (N. juldaschi) · Chinese Scrub Vole (N. irene) · Sikkim Mountain Vole (N. sikimensis) · Forrest's Mountain Vole (N. forresti)

Phaiomys	Blyth's Vole (P. leucurus)

Proedromys	Duke of Bedford's Vole (P. bedfordi) · P. liangshanensis

Volemys	Szechuan Vole (V. millicens) · Marie's Vole (V. musseri)

Dicrostonychini
(Collared lemmings)

Dicrostonyx

Ellobiusini
(mole voles)

Ellobius (Mole voles)	Alai Mole Vole (E. alaicus) · Southern Mole Vole (E. fuscocapillus) · Transcaucasian Mole Vole (E. lutescens) · Northern Mole Vole (E. talpinus) · Zaisan Mole Vole (E. tancrei)

Lagurini
(Steppe lemmings)

Eolagurus	Yellow Steppe Lemming (E. luteus) · Przewalski's Steppe Lemming (E. przewalskii)

Lagurus	Steppe Lemming (L. lagurus)

Lemmini
(Lemmings)

Lemmus (True lemmings)	Amur Lemming (L. amurensis) · Norway lemming (L. lemmus) · Siberian Brown Lemming (L. sibiricus) · North American Brown Lemming (L. trimucronatus) · Wrangel Island Lemming (L. portenkoi)

Myopus	Wood Lemming (M. schisticolor)

Synaptomys (Bog lemmings)	Northern Bog Lemming (S. borealis) · Southern Bog Lemming (S. cooperi)

Myodini

Alticola (Voles from Central Asia)	Subgenus Alticola: White-tailed Mountain Vole (A. albicauda) · Silver Mountain Vole (A. argentatus) · Gobi Altai Mountain Vole (A. barakshin) · Central Kashmir Vole (A. montosa) · Royle's Mountain Vole (A. roylei) · Mongolian Silver Vole (A. semicanus) · Stolička's Mountain Vole (A. stoliczkanus) · Tuva Silver Vole (A. tuvinicus) Subgenus Aschizomys: Lemming Vole (A. lemminus) · Large-eared Vole (A. macrotis) · Lake Baikal Mountain Vole (A. olchonensis) Subgenus Platycranius: Flat-headed Vole (A. strelzowi)

Caryomys	Ganzu Vole (C. eva) · Kolan Vole (C. inez)

Eothenomys (Voles from East Asia)	Kachin Red-backed Vole (E. cachinus) · Pratt's Vole (E. chinensis) · Southwest China Vole (E. custos) · Père David's Vole (E. melanogaster) · Yunnan Red-backed Vole (E. miletus) · Chaotung Vole (E. olitor) · Yulungshan Vole (E. proditor) · Ward's Red-backed Vole (E. wardi)

Hyperacrius (Voles from Pakistan)	True's Vole (H. fertilis) · Murree Vole (H. wynnei)

Myodes (Red-backed voles)	Japanese Red-Backed Vole (M. andersoni) · Western Red-backed Vole (M. californicus) · Tien Shan Red-backed Vole (M. centralis) · Southern Red-backed Vole (M. gapperi) · Bank Vole (M. glareolus) · Imaizumi's Red-backed Vole (M. imaizumii) · Royal Vole (M. regulus) · Hokkaido Red-backed Vole (M. rex) · Grey Red-backed Vole (M. rufocanus) · Northern Red-backed Vole (M. rutilus) · Shansei Vole (M. shanseius) · Smith's Vole (M. smithii)

Neofibrini

Neofiber	Round-tailed Muskrat (N. alleni)

Ondatrini

Ondatra	Muskrat (O. zibethicus)

Pliomyini

Dinaromys	Balkan Snow Vole (D. bogdanovi)

Prometheomyini

Prometheomys	Long-clawed Mole Vole (P. schaposchnikowi)

incertae sedis

Arborimus (Tree voles)	White-footed Vole (A. albipes) · Red Tree Vole (A. longicaudus) · California Red Tree Mouse (A. pomo)

Phenacomys (Heather voles)	Western Heather Vole (P. intermedius) · Eastern Heather Vole (P. ungava)

*Species of Myodes* (Red-backed vole)**

M. andersoni · M. californicus · M. centralis · M. gapperi · M. glareolus · M. imaizumii · M. regulus · M. rex · M. rufocanus · M. rutilus · M. shanseius · M. smithii