Asian voles


Voles in Japanese islands

Japanese field vole (endemic to Japan): Microtus montebelli

Gray red-backed vole: Clethrionomys rufocanus (subspecies: C. rufocanus bedfordiae)

Dark red-backed vole: Clethrionomys rex

Northern red-backed vole: Clethrionomys rutilus (subspecies: C. rutilus mikado)

Anderson's red-backed vole (endemic to Japan): Eothenomys andersoni

Smith's red-backed vole (endemic to Japan): Eothenomys smithii

Voles in East-Asiatic Eurasia Continent (Russia and Korea; including Kuril and Sakhalin islands)

Reed vole: Microtus fortis

Root vole: Microtus oeconomus

Gray-sided vole: Clethrionomys rufocanus

Dark red-backed vole: Clethrionomys rex (synonym: C. sikotanensis)

Northern red-backed vole: Clethrionomys rutilus

Korean red-backed vole: Eothenomys regulus

Voles in Taiwan

Taiwan vole: Microtus kikuchii

Pere David's vole: Eothenomys melanogaster



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