#0161 · 🦊 mammals
Northern Red-backed Vole
Clethrionomys rutilus
📍 Denali National Park & Preserve, Healy, AK, US
📍 Keewatin Region, NU, Canada
📍 Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, 630058
📍 Anchorage, AK, USA
📍 г. Верхний Тагил, Свердловская обл., Россия
📍 Kincaid Park, Anchorage, AK, US
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Christian Schwarz · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Christian Schwarz · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Emily Hjalmarson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Jukka Jantunen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Denali National Park & Preserve, Healy, AK, US:© Chris Butler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Keewatin Region, NU, Canada:© Sarah Bonnett · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, 630058:© Mikhail Biryukov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Anchorage, AK, USA:© Ryan Steiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. г. Верхний Тагил, Свердловская обл., Россия:© Dina Nesterkova · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Kincaid Park, Anchorage, AK, US:© Anthony · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The northern red-backed vole ( Clethrionomys rutilus ) is a small slender vole found in Alaska, northern Canada, Scandinavia and northern Russia.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 594 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Northern Red-backed Vole
- scientific name
- Clethrionomys rutilus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Cricetidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 109
- sightings worldwide
- 594
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Cricetidae
#0016 📷 10Bank Vole
🇳🇱 Rosse Woelmuis
Clethrionomys glareolus
LC 👀 163 in NL
#0025 📷 10Muskrat
🇳🇱 Muskusrat
Ondatra zibethicus
LC 👀 53 in NL
#0035 📷 10Common Vole
🇳🇱 Veldmuis
Microtus arvalis
LC 👀 25 in NL
#0046 📷 7European Water Vole
🇳🇱 Woelrat
Arvicola amphibius
LC 👀 7 in NL
#0052 📷 9Field Vole
🇳🇱 Aardmuis
Microtus agrestis
LC 👀 5 in NL
#0071 📷 10Eurasian Hamster
🇳🇱 Europese Hamster
Cricetus cricetus
CR 👀 1 in NL
#0275 📷 9White-footed Mouse
🇳🇱 Witvoetmuis
Peromyscus leucopus
LC 🌍 9.5k seen
#0294 📷 8Hispid Cotton Rat
🇳🇱 Gewone Katoenrat
Sigmodon hispidus
LC 🌍 7.4k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1431272, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.