Clethrionomys rutilus (northern red-backed vole)

Mass: 19.5 g based on Zuercher et al. 1999 and Picman et al. 1982

Latitudinal range: 43.2° to 68.6°

Habitats: temperate coniferous forest (1), tundra (3), boreal forest/taiga (8), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), temperate savanna (1)

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Found in 24 samples

Canada: Kluane Lake, Karrak Lake

China: Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island

Finland: Pallasjärvi

Japan: Oyafuru

Kazakhstan: Bayanaul Village

Russia: Svetly (layer 5) (Late Pleistocene), Gornovo (Late Pleistocene), Malaya Gomsel'ga, Traktorosad No. 4 (garden), Znamenskiy, Chusovoy, Bol'shoj Naryn (Paleosol Layers) (Late Pleistocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 2) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 3) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 4) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 5) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 7) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 8) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Chernyshevskaya-III Cave (layer 3) (Holocene)

United States: Agiak Lake, De Long Mountains (riparian grass-willow), Toolik Lake, Upper Susitna River Basin

Size measurements:
♀ body mass20.42 gN = 9Zuercher et al. 1999
♀ body mass30.58 gN = 10Zuercher et al. 1999
♀ body mass19.24 gN = 16Zuercher et al. 1999
♀ body mass14.71 gN = 13Zuercher et al. 1999
♂ body mass23.00 gN = 6Zuercher et al. 1999
♂ body mass21.09 gN = 14Zuercher et al. 1999
♂ body mass18.04 gN = 5Zuercher et al. 1999
♂ body mass15.00 gN = 14Zuercher et al. 1999
body mass25.2 gN = 3Picman et al. 1982

See also Clethrionomys, Clethrionomys californicus, Clethrionomys gapperi, Clethrionomys glareolus, Clethrionomys hintonianus