The mandarin vole (Lasiopodomys mandarinus) is a species of vole found in central China as well as the southern and central Korean Peninsula. An adult mandarin vole is typically of about 115 millimeters in length, in addition to about 28 mm of tail. It is smaller and darker in color than the reed vole, Microtus fortis.
| Mandarin vole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Lasiopodomys |
| Species: | L. mandarinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lasiopodomys mandarinus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1871)
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References
edit- ^ Batsaikhan, N. & Tsytsulina, K. (2008). "Lasiopodomys mandarinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.