Japanese red-backed vole

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Japanese red-backed vole

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cassola, F. |date=2016 |title=Myodes andersoni |volume=2016 |page=e.T16899A22372395 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16899A22372395.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Craseomys

| species = andersoni

| authority = (Thomas, 1905)

| synonyms =

}}

The Japanese red-backed vole, Wakayama red-backed vole, or Anderson's red-backed vole (Craseomys andersoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

It is found only on the island of Honshu in Japan. It was first described by the British zoologist Oldfield Thomas in 1905. Thomas named it in honor of scientific collector Malcolm Playfair Anderson.{{cite book| last1=Beolens| first1= B.| last2= Watkins| first2= M.| last3= Grayson| first3= M.| date=2009| title= The eponym dictionary of mammals| url=https://archive.org/details/eponymdictionary00beol| url-access=limited| publisher= JHU Press| page=[https://archive.org/details/eponymdictionary00beol/page/n28 12]|isbn=9780801895333}} The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists it as "least concern".

Distribution and habitat

The Japanese red-backed vole is endemic to the island of Honshu in Japan and occurs in the Chūbu region, the Hokuriku region and in the more northerly parts of the island, and also in the Kii Peninsula. It is mostly found at altitudes of over {{convert|400|m}} but below the alpine zone. It typically occurs in rocky areas and around rivers, as well as in banks, dykes and stone walls in agricultural areas.

References

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  • 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.

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andersoni

Category:Mammals described in 1905

Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas

Category:Endemic mammals of Japan

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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