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Chaotung Vole
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Eothenomys
Species:
E. olitor
Binomial name
Eothenomys olitor
( Thomas, 1911)

The Chaotung vole (Eothenomys olitor), also known as the black-eared red-backed vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou provinces of south-central China. [1]

It inhabits montane forests from 1,800 to 3,350 metres elevation. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. 2016. Eothenomys olitor (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T7802A115086755. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T7802A22375825.en. Accessed 30 May 2023.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.