Clethrionomys

{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name =

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Late Pliocene|Recent}}

| image = SouthernRedbackedVole23.jpg

| image_caption = Southern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys gapperi

| taxon = Clethrionomys

| authority = G. Tilesius, 1850{{cite journal |last1=Pieper |first1=Harald |title=Johannes Gistel und die Erforschung der Mause in Bayern |journal=Bonner Zoologische Beiträge |date=June 1996 |volume=46 |pages=283–285 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44833135#page/289/mode/1up |access-date=28 February 2024}}

| type_species = Clethrionomys rutilus

| type_species_authority = Pallas, 1779

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = * Clethrionomys californicus

• Clethrionomys centralis
• Clethrionomys gapperi
• Clethrionomys glareolus
• Clethrionomys rutilus

| synonyms = * Evotomys Coues, 1874

• Phaulomys Thomas, 1905

}}

Clethrionomys is a genus of small, slender voles. In recent years the genus name was changed to Myodes, however a 2019 paper found that Myodes was actually a junior synonym for Lemmus, thus making it unusable. As such, Clethrionomys is re-established as the proper genus name.{{cite journal |last1=Krystufek |first1=B. |title=Back to the future: the proper name for red-backed voles is Clethrionomys Tilesius and not Myodes Pallas |journal=Mammalia |date=2019 |volume=84 |issue=2 |pages=214–217 |doi=10.1515/mammalia-2019-0067 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335081507|doi-access=free }} At the same time, several species were moved to the genus Craseomys, so members of both genera are referred to as red-backed voles. This genus was described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel under the pseudonym "G. Tilesius". Some authors cite the taxonomic authority as "Gistel, 1850", whereas others still use "Tilesius, 1850".{{cite journal |last1=Pieper |first1=Harald |title=Johannes Gistel und die Erforschung der Mause in Bayern |journal=Bonner Zoologische Beiträge |date=June 1996 |volume=46 |pages=283–285 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44833135#page/289/mode/1up |access-date=28 February 2024}}

The complete list of species is:{{cite journal |author=Mammal Diversity Database |year=2023 |title=Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set] |journal=Zenodo |url=https://www.mammaldiversity.org/index.html |doi=10.5281/zenodo.7830771}}

• Western red-backed vole, Clethrionomys californicus
• Tien Shan red-backed vole, Clethrionomys centralis
• Southern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys gapperi
• Bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus
• Northern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rutilus