Clethrionomys gapperi

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,800 meters (0 to 12,467 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 09-Jun-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Clethrionomys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. californicus (Western Red-Backed Vole) · C. centralis (Tien Shan Red-Backed Vole) · C. gapperi (Gapper's Red-Backed Vole) · C. gapperi carolinensis (Carolina Red-Backed Vole) · C. gapperi galei (Rocky Mountain Southern Red-Backed Vole) · C. gapperi gapperi (Southern Red-Backed Vole) · C. gapperi maurus (Kentucky Red-Backed Vole) · C. gapperi occidentalis (Washington Southern Red-Backed Vole) · C. gapperi solus (Revillagigedo Island Red-Backed Vole) · C. gapperi stikinensis (Gapper's Red-Backed Vole) · C. gapperi wrangeli (Wrangell Red-Backed Vole) · C. glareolus (European Bank Vole) · C. rex (Red-Backed Mice) · C. rufocanus (Grey Red-Backed Vole) · C. rufocanus bedfordiae (Gray Red-Backed Vole) · C. rutilus (Northern Red-Backed Vole) · C. rutilus albiventer (St. Lawrence Island Red-Backed Vole) · C. rutilus glacialis (Glacier Bay Red-Backed Vole) · C. rutilus insularis (Island Red-Backed Vole) · C. rutilus mikado (Northern Red-Backed Vole) · C. rutilus orca (Northern Red-Backed Vole) · C. sikotanensis (Shikotan Vole)

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:

• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Mammal Collection
• James R. Slater Museum of Natural History: Terrestrial vertebrates
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Mammal Collection
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNMA/Coleccion Nacional de Mamiferos
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: MSB Mammals Specimens
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: UAM Mammals Specimens
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 107886
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180294
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180294
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAFF0902D
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2221

Footnotes

1. Mean = 653.410 meters (2,143.734 feet), Standard Deviation = 638.220 based on 1,826 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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