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Gray red-backed vole

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Species : Clethrionomys rufocanus

 

The Gray red-backed vole is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the gray red-backed vole

In Hokkaido, Japan, foxes breed and defecate predominantly in areas where Clethrionomys rufocanus is abundant (79). (Full text)

1. Clethrionomys, genus Clethrionomys -- (a genus of Cricetidae)
Clethrionomys
genus Clethrionomys
(Source WordNet)