Clethrionomyini Explained

The Clethrionomyini are a tribe of forest voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae.^[1] This tribe was formerly known as Myodini, but when genus Myodes was deemed to be a junior synonym, the tribe was renamed.^[2] Species in this tribe are:

• Tribe Clethrionomyini
  • Genus Alticola - voles from Central Asia
    • Subgenus Alticola
      • White-tailed mountain vole, A. albicauda
      • Silver mountain vole, A. argentatus
      • Gobi Altai mountain vole, A. barakshin
      • Alticola kohistanicus
      • Central Kashmir vole, A. montosus
      • Lake Baikal mountain vole, A. olchonensis
      • Alticola parvidens
      • Royle's mountain vole, A. roylei
      • Mongolian silver vole, A. semicanus
      • Stolička's mountain vole, A. stoliczkanus
      • Flat-headed vole, A. strelzovi
      • Tuva silver vole, A. tuvinicus
    • Subgenus Aschizomys
      • Lemming vole, A. lemminus
      • Large-eared vole, A. macrotis
  • Genus Caryomys
    • Ganzu vole, C. eva
    • Kolan vole, C. inez
  • Genus Eothenomys - voles from East Asia
    • Kachin red-backed vole, E. cachinus
    • Pratt's vole, E. chinensis
    • Southwest China vole, E. custos
    • Père David's vole, E. melanogaster
    • Yunnan red-backed vole, E. miletus
    • Chaotung vole, E. olitor
    • Yulungshan vole, E. proditor
    • Ward's red-backed vole, E. wardi
  • Genus Clethrionomys - red-backed voles
    • Western red-backed vole, C. californicus
    • Tien Shan red-backed vole, C. centralis
    • Southern red-backed vole, C. gapperi
    • Bank vole, C. glareolus
    • Northern red-backed vole, C. rutilus
  • Genus Craseomys
    • Anderson's red-backed vole, C. andersoni
    • Imaizumi's red-backed vole, C. imaizumii
    • Korean red-backed vole, C. regulus
    • Hokkaido red-backed vole, C. rex
    • Grey red-backed vole, C. rufocanus
    • Shansei vole, C. shanseius
    • Smith's vole, C. smithii

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mikko's Phylogeny Archive . 2007-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071124201139/http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/Synapsida/Eutheria/Rodentia/Myomorpha/Arvicolinae.htm#Clethrionomyini . 2007-11-24 . dead .
2. Mammal Diversity Database . 2023 . Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set] ]. Zenodo . 10.5281/zenodo.7830771.