ADW: Myodes: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Rodentia (rodents)
        
        Suborder Myomorpha (mice, rats, gerbils, jerboas, and relatives)
        
        Superfamily Muroidea (mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives)
        
        Family Cricetidae (New World rats and mice, voles, hamsters, and relatives)
        
        Subfamily Arvicolinae (lemmings and voles)
        
        Genus Myodes (red-backed voles and relatives)
        
        Species Myodes andersoni (Japanese red-backed vole)
        
        Species Myodes californicus (western red-backed vole)
        
        Species Myodes centralis (Tien Shan red-backed vole)
        
        Species Myodes gapperi (southern red-backed vole)
        
        Species Myodes glareolus (bank vole)
        
        Species Myodes imaizumii (Imaizumi's red-backed vole)
        
        Species Myodes regulus (royal vole)
        
        Species Myodes rex (Hokkaido red-backed vole)
        
        Species Myodes rufocanus (gray red-backed vole)
        
        Species Myodes rutilus (northern red-backed vole)
        
        Species Myodes shanseius (Shansei vole)
        
        Species Myodes smithii (Smith's vole)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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Myodesred-backed voles and relatives

Myodes
red-backed voles and relatives