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title: "Grey Red-backed Vole"
description: "Craseomys rufocanus — Zoogdieren. The grey red-backed vole or the grey-sided vole (Craseomys rufocanus) is a species of vole."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/grey-red-backed-vole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Grey Red-backed Vole

> Craseomys rufocanus — Zoogdieren. The grey red-backed vole or the grey-sided vole (Craseomys rufocanus) is a species of vole.

- Scientific name: *Craseomys rufocanus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 198
- Wikidata: [Q125628803](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125628803)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1431628](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1431628)

## Names

- en: Grey Red-backed Vole
- de: Graurötelmaus
- es: Topillo De Sundevall
- fr: Campagnol de Sundevall

## Countries with the most observations

RU (67), NO (48), FI (10), CN (9), JP (4), SE (3)

## Summary

The grey red-backed vole or the grey-sided vole (Craseomys rufocanus) is a species of vole. An adult grey red-backed vole weighs 20-50 grams.  This species ranges across northern Eurasia, including northern China, the northern Korean Peninsula, and the islands of Sakhalin and Hokkaidō.  It is larger and longer-legged than the northern red-backed vole (Clethrionomys rutilus), which covers a similar range and it is also sympatric with the Norwegian lemming (Lemmus lemmus).

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

## Photo

![Grey Red-backed Vole](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-red-backed-vole/medium.jpg)

Photo: Алексей Ябс · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137145951

## Machine access

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