Northern Red-backed Vole

Clethrionomys rutilus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Mammalia · Rodentia · Cricetidae

The northern red-backed vole is a small slender vole found in Alaska, northern Canada, Scandinavia and northern Russia.

Fun Fact

They have short slender bodies with a rust-colored back, light brown sides and underparts and a short thick tail.

Habitat

Live in a variety of northern forest and shrubland habitats.

Diet

Eat the leaves, buds, twigs and berries of numerous shrubs; they also eat forbs, fungi, mosses, lichens, and occasionally insects.

Lifespan

To be updated