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title: "Campagnol de Gapper"
description: "Clethrionomys gapperi — Mammifères. The southern red-backed vole or Gapper's red-backed vole (Clethrionomys gapperi) is a small slender vole found in Canada and the northern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/southern-red-backed-vole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Campagnol de Gapper

> Clethrionomys gapperi — Mammifères. The southern red-backed vole or Gapper's red-backed vole (Clethrionomys gapperi) is a small slender vole found in Canada and the northern United States.

- Scientific name: *Clethrionomys gapperi*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammifères)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt)
- iNaturalist observations: 1393
- iNaturalist taxon: [1431274](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1431274)

## Names

- en: Southern Red-backed Vole
- de: Nordamerikanische Rötelmaus
- es: Topillo de Espalda Roja Sureño
- fr: Campagnol de Gapper

## Countries with the most observations

US (558), CA (523)

## Summary

The southern red-backed vole or Gapper's red-backed vole (Clethrionomys gapperi) is a small slender vole found in Canada and the northern United States. It is closely related to the western red-backed vole (Clethrionomys californius), which lives to the south and west of its range and which is less red with a less sharply bicolored tail.

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

## Photo

![Campagnol de Gapper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-red-backed-vole/medium.jpg)

Photo: jeffcherry · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98052266

## Machine access

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