Japanese red-backed vole

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q1769169
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Summary

Japanese red-backed vole is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (321 views/month, #1,628 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: red-backed vole[5]
  • Taxon name: Myodes andersoni[6]
  • Original combination: Evotomys andersoni[7]
  • Taxon synonym: Craseomys niigatae[8]
  • Short name: M. andersoni[9]
  • Taxon common name: Anderson's Red-backed Vole[10], Anderson’s Red-backed Vole[11], Japanese Red-backed Vole[12], Wakayama Red-backed Vole[13], Anderson-Rötelmaus[14]
  • Taxon synonym of: Craseomys andersoni[15]

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Identifiers

Japanese red-backed vole's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 74674[16]. Japanese red-backed vole's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 82466[17]. Japanese red-backed vole's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1179677[18]. Japanese red-backed vole's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5706759[19]. Japanese red-backed vole's ITIS TSN is recorded as 970609[20].

Why It Matters

Japanese red-backed vole has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Catalogue of Life. wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · PieterJanR · 2026-10-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Craseomys niigatae
    Original combination → Evotomys andersoni
    Instance of → taxon
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'ja', 'ko
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon synonym: Craseomys niigatae"
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