Mandarin vole: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the mandarin vole lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lasiopodomys mandarinus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the mandarin vole live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the mandarin vole in 1 country or territory across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: People's Republic of China, Korea.

China

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the mandarin vole endangered?

The mandarin vole’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the mandarin vole?

The mandarin vole (Lasiopodomys mandarinus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Lasiopodomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the mandarin vole

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 millimetres (4.5 in) in length, in addition to about 28 mm (1.1 in) of tail. It is smaller and darker in color than the reed vole, Microtus fortis.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mandarin vole (revision 1315052442), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q308769 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).