Royal Vole

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Royal Vole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Myodes Species: M. regulus
Binomial name
Myodes regulus (Thomas, 1907)

The Royal Vole (Myodes regulus), also called the Korean Red-backed Vole is a species of vole found in the Korean Peninsula and the Changbai Mountains along the Chinese-Korean border. And adult Royal Vole weighs 20-40 grams and has a body length of 75-127 mm. The tail is 33-55 millimeters in length.

[edit] 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.
• Won, Byeong-o (원병오) (2004). 한국의 포유동물 (Hangugui poyudongmul, Mammals of Korea). Seoul: Dongbang Media. ISBN 89-8457-310-8. 

[edit] See also

• List of placental mammals
• List of mammals of Korea

[edit] External links

• Zipcode Zoo

Species of Myodes (Red-backed vole)

M. andersoni | M. californicus | M. centralis | M. gapperi | M. glareolus | M. imaizumii | M. regulus | M. rex | M. rufocanus | M. rutilus | M. shanseius | M. smithii |