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Clethrionomys rufocanus (gray red-backed vole)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  30 grams
Female Maturity [1]  62 days
Litter Size [1]  4
Litters / Year [1]  3

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Altai alpine meadow and tundra China, Kazakstan, Mongolia, Russia Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Altai montane forest and forest steppe China, Kazakstan, Mongolia, Russia Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Altai steppe and semi-desert Kazahkstan Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Amur meadow steppe China, Russia Palearctic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Bering tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
Bohai Sea saline meadow China Palearctic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas  
Central China loess plateau mixed forests China Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Central Korean deciduous forests Republic of Korea, Dem. People's Rep of Korea Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Changbai Mountains mixed forests China, Dem. People's Rep of Korea Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Cherskii-Kolyma mountain tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
Chukchi Peninsula tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
Da Hinggan-Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests China, Russia Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Daurian forest steppe China, Mongolia, Russia Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
East European forest steppe Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
East Siberian taiga Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe Mongolia Palearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Great Lakes Basin desert steppe Mongolia, Russia Palearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Hokkaido deciduous forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Hokkaido montane conifer forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Honshu alpine conifer forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests  
Huang He Plain mixed forests China Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Junggar Basin semi-desert China, Kazakstan, Mongolia Palearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Kamchatka Mountain tundra and forest tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
Kamchatka-Kurile meadows and sparse forests Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Kamchatka-Kurile taiga Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Kazakh forest steppe Russia, Kazakhstan Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Kazakh steppe Russia, Kazakhstan Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Khangai Mountains alpine meadow Mongolia Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Khangai Mountains conifer forests Mongolia Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Kola Peninsula tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
Manchurian mixed forests Republic of Korea, Dem. People's Rep of Korea, China, Russia Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Mongolian-Manchurian grassland China, Mongolia Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Nihonkai montane deciduous forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests  
Northeast China Plain deciduous forests China Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Northeast Siberian coastal tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
Northeast Siberian taiga Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Northwest Russian-Novaya Zemlya tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
Okhotsk-Manchurian taiga Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Pontic steppe Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Sakhalin Island taiga Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Sarmatic mixed forests Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Sweden Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Sayan Alpine meadows and tundra Mongolia, Russia Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Sayan Intermontane steppe Russia Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Sayan montane conifer forests Mongolia, Russia Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Scandinavian and Russian taiga Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Scandinavian coastal conifer forests Norway Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Scandinavian Montane Birch forest and grasslands Norway, Sweden, Finland Palearctic Tundra
Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe Mongolia, Russia Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
South Sakhalin-Kurile mixed forests Russia Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests    
South Siberian forest steppe Russia Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Suiphun-Khanka meadows and forest meadows China, Russia Palearctic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Taiheiyo evergreen forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Taiheiyo montane deciduous forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Taimyr-Central Siberian tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
Trans-Baikal Bald Mountain tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
Trans-Baikal conifer forests Russia, Mongolia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Ural montane forests and tundra Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Ussuri broadleaf and mixed forests Russia Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
West Siberian taiga Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Western Siberian hemiboreal forests Russia Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Yamal-Gydan tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Azas Zapovednik Ia 742280 Tuva, Russia
Baikalo-Lensky Zapovednik Ia 1630896 Irkutsk, Russia
Baikalskiy Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik Ia 458883 Russia  
Barguzinskiy Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik Ia 924970 Buryatia, Russia
Katunsky Biosphere Reserve 393162 Altai, Russia
Komsomolsky Zapovednik Ia 159168 Khabarovsk, Russia
Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve 361480 Russia  
Laplandskiy Biosphere Reserve 757114 Russia  
Magadansky Zapovednik 2332834 Russia  
Malaya Sozva Zapovednik Ia 557376 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Mount Hakusan National Park V 219319 Toyama, Japan
Mount Sorak Biosphere Reserve   Korea, Republic of  
Pechoro-Ilychskiy Biosphere Reserve 3098091 Russia  
Sayano-Shushenskiy Biosphere Reserve Ia 964620 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Shiga Highland Biosphere Reserve 32124 Honshu, Japan  
Sikhote-Alinskiy Biosphere Reserve 978001 Russia  
Sokhondinskiy Biosphere Reserve Ia 521363 Chita, Russia
Tsentral'no-Sibirskiy Biosphere Reserve Ia 2521510 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina (Ubsunur Depression) Zapovednik Ia 798640 Tuva, Russia
Visimskiy Zapovednik Biosphere Reserve 443816 Russia  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Japan Japan No

Prey / Diet

Bistorta vivipara (alpine bistort)[2]
Cornus suecica (Lapland cornel)[2]
Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair-grass)[2]
Deschampsia flexuosa (wavy hairgrass)[2]
Empetrum nigrum (black crowberry)[2]
Phleum alpinum (alpine timothy)[2]
Rumex acetosa (garden sorrel)[2]
Vaccinium uliginosum (bog blueberry)[2]
Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Alces alces (moose)1
Calcarius lapponicus (Lapland Longspur)1
Calidris mauri (Western Sandpiper)1
Clethrionomys rutilus (northern red-backed vole)3
Corvus corax (Northern Raven)3
Lagopus lagopus (Willow Ptarmigan)3
Lemmus sibiricus (brown lemming)2
Lepus othus (Alaskan Hare)1
Martes zibellina (Sable)1
Microtus oeconomus (tundra vole)4
Pinicola enucleator (Pine Grosbeak)2
Ursus arctos (Grizzly Bear)3

Predators

Martes zibellina (Sable)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Amalaraeus andersoni[4]
Amalaraeus andersoni andersoni[4]
Amalaraeus andersoni ioffi[4]
Amalaraeus dissimilis dissimilis[4]
Amalaraeus penicilliger pedias[4]
Amalaraeus penicilliger syrt[4]
Amphalius runatus runatus[4]
Amphipsylla marikovskii marikovskii[4]
Amphipsylla petristshevae[4]
Amphipsylla primaris mitis[4]
Amphipsylla primaris primaris[4]
Amphipsylla qinghaiensis[4]
Amphipsylla sibirica[4]
Amphipsylla sibirica orientalis[4]
Amphipsylla sibirica sibirica[4]
Amphipsylla vinogradovi vinogradovi[4]
Anoplocephaloides dentatoides <Unverified Name>[5]
Aonchotheca murissylvatici <Unverified Name>[5]
Aprostatandrya caucasica <Unverified Name>[5]
Aprostatandrya macrocephala <Unverified Name>[5]
Aprostatandrya microti <Unverified Name>[5]
Armocapillaria sadovskoi <Unverified Name>[5]
Arostrilepis horrida <Unverified Name>[5]
Aspiculuris dinniki <Unverified Name>[5]
Brachylaima aequans <Unverified Name>[5]
Brachylaima recurva <Unverified Name>[5]
Brachylecithum rodentini <Unverified Name>[5]
Calodium hepaticum <Unverified Name>[5]
Capillaria murissylvatici <Unverified Name>[5]
Catallagia dacenkoi[4]
Catallagia fetisovi[4]
Catallagia ioffi[4]
Catallagia striata[4]
Catenotaenia cricetorum <Unverified Name>[5]
Catenotaenia pusilla <Unverified Name>[5]
Ceratophyllus anisus <Unverified Name>[4]
Ceratophyllus gallinae (European chicken flea)[4]
Ceratophyllus garei[4]
Ceratophyllus indages indages <Unverified Name>[4]
Chabaudistrongylus timani <Unverified Name>[5]
Chaetopsylla alia[4]
Citellinema orientale <Unverified Name>[5]
Cladotaenia globifera[5]
Corrodopsylla birulai[4]
Ctenophthalmus congeneroides congeneroides[4]
Ctenophthalmus congeneroides truncus[4]
Ctenophthalmus pisticus pacificus[4]
Ctenophthalmus pisticus pisticus[4]
Ctenophthalmus uncinatus uncinatus[4]
Doratopsylla coreana coreana[4]
Echinococcus multilocularis[5]
Eopsylla nuda[4]
Frontopsylla elata botis[4]
Frontopsylla elata taishiri[4]
Ganguleterakis spumosa <Unverified Name>[5]
Glirovingylus rodentium <Unverified Name>[5]
Heligmonoides speciosus <Unverified Name>[5]
Heligmosomoides dubinini <Unverified Name>[5]
Heligmosomoides glareoli <Unverified Name>[5]
Heligmosomoides orientalis <Unverified Name>[5]
Heligmosomoides polygyrus[5]
Heligmosomum costellatum <Unverified Name>[5]
Heligmosomum dubinini <Unverified Name>[5]
Heligmosomum mixtum <Unverified Name>[5]
Heligmosomum petrovi <Unverified Name>[5]
Heligmosomum polygyrum <Unverified Name>[5]
Hepaticola hepatica <Unverified Name>[5]
Heterakis spumosa[5]
Hymenolepis diminuta <Unverified Name>[5]
Hymenolepis horrida[5]
Hymenolepis megaloon <Unverified Name>[5]
Hystrichopsylla microti[4]
Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae[4]
Longistriata minuta <Unverified Name>[5]
Mammanidula hokkaidensis <Unverified Name>[5]
Mastophorus muris[5]
Megabothris advenarius advenarius[4]
Megabothris advenarius mantchuricus[4]
Megabothris rectangulatus[4]
Megabothris sinensis[4]
Megabothris sokolovi[4]
Mesocestoides lineatus <Unverified Name>[5]
Mesopsylla tuschkan andruschkoi[4]
Moniliformis moniliformis[5]
Nearctopsylla ioffi[4]
Neopsylla acanthina[4]
Neopsylla mana[4]
Neopsylla pleskei orientalis[4]
Neopsylla sasai[4]
Nosopsyllus fasciatus (northern rat flea)[4]
Oropsylla alaskensis[4]
Oropsylla silantiewi[4]
Palaeopsylla incurva[4]
Palaeopsylla soricis starki[4]
Paramonopsyllus scalonae[4]
Paraneopsylla ioffi ioffi[4]
Paranoplocephala blanchardi <Unverified Name>[5]
Paranoplocephala dentata <Unverified Name>[5]
Paranoplocephala kalelai <Unverified Name>[5]
Paranoplocephala omphalodes <Unverified Name>[5]
Paranoplocephala transversaria <Unverified Name>[5]
Paruterina candelabraria <Unverified Name>[5]
Pectinoctenus pectiniceps pectiniceps[4]
Peromyscopsylla ino[4]
Peromyscopsylla ostsibirica[4]
Peromyscopsylla silvatica[4]
Peromyscopsylla takahasii takahasii[4]
Peromyscopsylla udagawai[4]
Plagiorchis muris[5]
Pulex irritans (human flea)[4]
Rauschivingylus asiaticus <Unverified Name>[5]
Rhadinopsylla alphabetica[4]
Rhadinopsylla altaica[4]
Rhadinopsylla attenuata[4]
Rhadinopsylla biloba[4]
Rhadinopsylla concava[4]
Rhadinopsylla integella[4]
Rhadinopsylla ohnoi[4]
Rhadinopsylla pseudodahurica[4]
Rictularia baicalensis <Unverified Name>[5]
Rictularia kolimensis <Unverified Name>[5]
Rictularia sibiricensis <Unverified Name>[5]
Rodentolepis myoxi <Unverified Name>[5]
Rodentolepis straminea[5]
Schizorchis altaica <Unverified Name>[5]
Stenoponia coelestis[4]
Stenoponia montana[4]
Stenoponia sidimi[4]
Syngamus microtinae <Unverified Name>[5]
Syphacia montana <Unverified Name>[5]
Syphacia obvelata[5]
Syphacia petrusewiczi <Unverified Name>[5]
Syphacia srtolana <Unverified Name>[5]
Syphacia stroma <Unverified Name>[5]
Taenia crassiceps[5]
Taenia martis <Unverified Name>[5]
Taenia mustelae[5]
Taenia polyacantha[5]
Taenia taeniaeformis <Unverified Name>[5]
Tetratirotaenia polyacantha <Unverified Name>[5]
Thominx sadovskoi <Unverified Name>[5]
Trichocephalus muris <Unverified Name>[5]
Trichuris muris <Unverified Name>[5]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Ueno Zoological Gardens

Distribution

External References

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Carleton M,D., 09-Jun-2004, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 2Analysing diet of small herbivores: the efficiency of DNA barcoding coupled with high-throughput pyrosequencing for deciphering the composition of complex plant mixtures, Eeva M Soininen, Alice Valentini, Eric Coissac, Christian Miquel, Ludovic Gielly, Christian Brochmann, Anne K Brysting, Jørn H Sønstebø, Rolf A Ims, Nigel G Yoccoz and Pierre Taberlet, Frontiers in Zoology 2009, 6:16 ♦ 3Summer diet of the sable Martes zibellina in the Middle Yenisei taiga, Siberia, Marcin BRZEZIŃSKI, Acta Theriologica 39 (1): 103-107, 1994. ♦ 4International Flea Database ♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Images provided by Google Image Search
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011