Yunnan Red-backed Vole

About this species

Range

Southern China and bordering regions of Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand and India (for Eothenomys eleusis in the broad sense)

Eothenomys eleusis is a red-backed vole whose status depends on the authority. Some authors recognise it as a species of southern China and the bordering regions of Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand and India, while the American Society of Mammalogists treats it as including the Kachin red-backed vole and the Yunnan red-backed vole (E. miletus) as subspecies. The taxonomy of the genus Eothenomys is unresolved (Wikipedia, genus account).

The Yunnan red-backed vole itself, as described on its own page, is the largest member of its genus, with a higher cranium and a soft, thick, long coat of tawny to reddish brown with grey underparts, and lives in montane forest in Yunnan; that page does not list India. This entry is therefore general: it records the species' possible Indian range rather than anything about local habits (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of India guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)