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title: "Polarrötelmaus"
description: "Clethrionomys rutilus — Säugetiere. The northern red-backed vole (Clethrionomys rutilus) is a small slender vole found in Alaska, northern Canada, Scandinavia and northern Russia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/northern-red-backed-vole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Polarrötelmaus

> Clethrionomys rutilus — Säugetiere. The northern red-backed vole (Clethrionomys rutilus) is a small slender vole found in Alaska, northern Canada, Scandinavia and northern Russia.

- Scientific name: *Clethrionomys rutilus*
- Category: `mammals` (Säugetiere)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 582
- iNaturalist taxon: [1431272](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1431272)

## Names

- en: Northern Red-backed Vole
- de: Polarrötelmaus
- es: Topillo
- fr: Campagnol boréal

## Countries with the most observations

US (234), RU (99), NO (92), CA (56), FI (4)

## Summary

The northern red-backed vole (Clethrionomys rutilus) is a small slender vole found in Alaska, northern Canada, Scandinavia and northern Russia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_red-backed_vole

## Photo

![Polarrötelmaus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-red-backed-vole/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kim Selbee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84221713

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-red-backed-vole?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).