Royal vole
Myodes regulus (Thomas, 1907)
The royal vole (Myodes regulus) is a species in the family Cricetidae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 27.4 g to 29.8 g and live up to 3.33 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the royal vole
- Weight
- 27.4 g – 29.8 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 3.33 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4.13src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 61.8 dayssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 2.84src for Litters or clutches a year
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the royal vole live?
Not recorded
Is the royal vole endangered?
The royal vole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the royal vole classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familyCricetidae
- genusMyodes
- SpeciesMyodes regulus (Thomas, 1907)
Synonyms Clethrionomys regulus, Clethrionomys rufocanus regulus, Craseomys regulus, Eothenomys regulus, Eothenomys regulus, Myodes regulus
Other names and names in other languages (3)
- Korean red-backed voleEnglish
- Korean red-backed voleEnglish
- Southern red-backed voleEnglish
Relatives of the royal vole
Other species in the same genus Myodes.
Bank vole
Myodes glareolus
Northern red-backed vole
Myodes rutilus
Southern red-backed vole
Myodes gapperi
Western red-backed vole
Myodes californicus
Tien Shan red-backed vole
Myodes centralis
Shansei vole
Myodes shanseius
CompareRoyal vole vs Bank voleRoyal vole vs Northern red-backed voleRoyal vole vs Southern red-backed voleRoyal vole vs Western red-backed vole
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the royal vole?
An adult royal vole weighs 27.4 g – 29.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the royal vole endangered?
The royal vole is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
How long does the royal vole live?
The royal vole has a recorded lifespan of 3.33 years.
What kind of animal is the royal vole?
The royal vole (Myodes regulus) belongs to the family Cricetidae in the order Rodentia.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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