Don E. Wilson;Russell A. Mittermeier;Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
Craseomys rufocanus
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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyCricetidae
Observations recorded210
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 28
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Collections
- UF, KU
- Recorded in
- Japan, Russia, China, Mongolia, Finland, South Korea
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Encyclopedic overview
The grey red-backed vole or the grey-sided vole (Craseomys rufocanus) is a species of vole. An adult grey red-backed vole weighs 20-50 grams. This species ranges across northern Eurasia, including northern China, the northern Korean Peninsula, and the islands of Sakhalin and Hokkaidō. It is larger and longer-legged than the northern red-backed vole (Clethrionomys rutilus), which covers a similar range and it is also sympatric with the Norwegian lemming (Lemmus lemmus).
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Craseomys rufocanus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.