Southwest China vole

Southwest China vole
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Genus:	Eothenomys
Species:	E. custos
Binomial name
	Eothenomys custos; (Thomas, 1912)

Last updated October 06, 2025

The Southwest China vole (Eothenomys custos), or Southwest China red-backed vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Yunnan and Sichuan, China. It occurs in Cangshan Erhai Nature Reserve.

References

↑ Smith, A.T. (2016). "Eothenomys custos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T7798A22375447. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7798A22375447.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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.

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[iucn_status_17_November_2021-1] Smith, A.T. (2016). "Eothenomys custos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T7798A22375447. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7798A22375447.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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Southwest China vole
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Genus:	Eothenomys
Species:	E. custos
Binomial name
*Eothenomys custos* (Thomas, 1912)