Hokkaido red-backed vole

Hokkaido red-backed vole
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Craseomys
Species:
C. rex
Binomial name
Craseomys rex
(Imaizumi, 1971)

The Hokkaido red-backed vole (Craseomys rex) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found at high altitudes on the island of Hokkaido in Japan and at lower altitudes on some smaller islands nearby. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

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