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Myodes rufocanus  (Sundevall, 1846)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 970617

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Clethrionomys rufocanus (Sundevall, 1846)
  
    Clethrionomys sikotanensis (Tokuda, 1935)
  
    Evotomys arsenjevi Dukelski, 1928
  
    Evotomys bedfordiae Thomas, 1905
  
    Evotomys irkutensis Ognev, 1924
  
    Arvicola kamtnschaticus Poliakov, 1881
  
    Evotomys kolymensis Ognev, 1922
  
    Evotomys latastei J. A. Allen, 1903
  
    Neoaschizomys sikotanensis Tokuda, 1935
  
    Arvicola wosnessenskii Poliakov, 1881
  
    Clethrionomys yesomontanus Kishida, 1931
  
    Craseomys rufocanus bargusinensis Turov, 1924
  
    Clethrionomys rufocanus kurilensis Tokuda, 1932
  
  Common Name(s): Gray Red-backed Vole [English]
  
    Large-toothed Redbacked Vole [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855 – Rats, souris, Mice, Rats, Voles, Gerbils, Hamsters, Lemmings  
                                     SuperfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811  
                                        FamilyCricetidae Fischer, 1817  
                                           SubfamilyArvicolinae Gray, 1821 – arvicoline rodents  
                                              GenusMyodes Pallas, 1811  
                                                 SpeciesMyodes rufocanus (Sundevall, 1846) – Gray Red-backed Vole, Large-toothed Redbacked Vole  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott  
  Publication Date: 1966   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946, 2nd edition   
  Page(s): 810   
  Publisher: Alden Press   
  Publication Place: Oxford, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0565004484   
  Notes: Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8727652   
  Reference for: Myodes rufocanus, Large-toothed Redbacked Vole [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Superfamily Muroidea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 894-1531   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Myodes rufocanus, Gray Red-backed Vole [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Southern Asia  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: Chromosomal and molecular evidence relates M. rufocanus most closely to Korean M. regulus and Japanese M. rex, M. andersoni, M. smithii, and M. imaizumii (Iwasa et al., 1999a; Suzuki et al., 1999b; Wakana et al., 1996); it is also morphologically similar to the Chinese M. shanseius (see that account). Allozymic (Mezhzherin and Serbenyuk, 1992) and chromosomal data (Sokolov et al., 1990) reveal M. rufocanus as highly differentiated from other Myodes sampled (M. centralis, M. glareolus, M. ga...  
 

 

    

 
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