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The '''Grey Red-backed Vole''' (''Myodes rufocanus''), also known as the '''Grey |
The '''Grey Red-backed Vole''' (''Myodes rufocanus''), also known as the '''Grey-sided Vole''', is a species of [[vole]]. An adult Grey Red-backed Vole weighs 20-50 grams, and has a body length of 110-142 millimeters, with a tail of 39-55 mm in length. This species ranges across northern [[Eurasia]], including northern [[China]], the northern [[Korean Peninsula]], and the islands of [[Sakhalin]] and [[Hokkaidō]]. It is bigger and longer-legged than the [[Northern Red-backed vole]], which covers a similar range. |
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==References== |
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The Grey Red-backed Vole (Myodes rufocanus), also known as the Grey-sided Vole, is a species of vole. An adult Grey Red-backed Vole weighs 20-50 grams, and has a body length of 110-142 millimeters, with a tail of 39-55 mm in length. This species ranges across northern Eurasia, including northern China, the northern Korean Peninsula, and the islands of Sakhalin and Hokkaidō. It is bigger and longer-legged than the Northern Red-backed vole, which covers a similar range.
References
- 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.
- Tchabovsky, A. 1996. Clethrionomys sikotanensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Won, Byeong-o (원병오) (2004). 한국의 포유동물 (Hangugui poyudongmul, Mammals of Korea). Seoul: Dongbang Media. ISBN 89-8457-310-8.