Yunnan red-backed vole

The Yunnan red-backed vole (Eothenomys miletus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Southwest China, specifically Yunnan Province. It is the largest member of the genus Eothenomys, with a higher cranium, a soft, thick and long coat with tawny brown to reddish brown coloring and grey underparts.

Yunnan red-backed vole
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Genus:	Eothenomys
Species:	E. miletus
Binomial name
Eothenomys miletus (Thomas, 1914)

It inhabits montane forests.^[1]

References

1. Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. 2016. Eothenomys miletus (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136275A115205387. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136275A22376031.en. Accessed 30 May 2023. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.

• 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.