Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Rodentia > Family: Cricetidae > Genus: Myodes > Species: Myodes glareolus

Bank vole - Myodes glareolus (Schreber, 1780)

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Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
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Threat status Europe

Least Concern (IUCN)

The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species.

The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included.

See here what is Europe from a geographical point of view.

Other resources available below may have more information.

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Not listed in legal texts

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Arvicola rossastra	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Bakkastúfa	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Bank vole	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Campagnol roussâtre	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gozdna voluharica	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hrdziak lesný	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Klatremus	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Leethiir	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Metsämyyrä	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nornica ruda	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Norník rudý	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rosse woelmuis	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rötelmaus	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rout Bëschmaus	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rødmus	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Skogssork	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Tava-leethiir	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Topillo rojo	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vöröshátú erdeipocok	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Clethrionomys glareolus	(Schreber, 1780)

Other resources

Fauna Europaea search	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS search	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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