Ward's red-backed vole

Ward's red-backed vole
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Genus:	Eothenomys
Species:	E. wardi
Binomial name
Eothenomys wardi (Thomas, 1912)

The Ward's red-backed vole (Eothenomys wardi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, specifically the north-western area of Yunnan Province. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Eothenomys chinensis , but most zoologists consider it to be a separate species due to the noticeably shorter tail and hind feet.

References

1. Johnston, C.; Smith, A.T. (2016). "Eothenomys wardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T136196A22375716. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136196A22375716.en . Retrieved 19 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.