Yunnan red-backed vole
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Species: | E. miletus
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Eothenomys miletus (Thomas, 1914)
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The Yunnan red-backed vole (Eothenomys miletus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Southwest China, specifically Yunnan Province. It is the largest member of the Eothenomys genus, with a higher cranium, a soft, thick and long coat with tawny brown to reddish brown coloring and grey underparts.
References
- ^ Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- 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.