A vole with a reddish-chestnut back, found in forest, scrub, and tundra regions of the northern hemisphere.
赤背鼠，䶄
Genus Clethrionomys, family Muridae: several species
Example sentencesExamples
Thus, red-backed voles and northern pygmy gerbils are less vulnerable to mammalian predators when in patches of greater density of cover than in patches of less cover.
Among mammals, my annual visitors now include a few common smoky shrews, short-tailed shrews, red-backed voles, and, last but certainly not least in numbers, deer mice.
Definition of red-backed vole in US English:
red-backed vole
noun
A vole with a reddish-chestnut back, found in forest, scrub, and tundra regions of the northern hemisphere.
赤背鼠，䶄
Genus Clethrionomys, family Muridae: several species
Example sentencesExamples
Thus, red-backed voles and northern pygmy gerbils are less vulnerable to mammalian predators when in patches of greater density of cover than in patches of less cover.
Among mammals, my annual visitors now include a few common smoky shrews, short-tailed shrews, red-backed voles, and, last but certainly not least in numbers, deer mice.