page_title: List of mammals of Russia
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Russia / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Russia. There are 266 mammal species in Russia, of which five are critically endangered, thirteen are endangered, twenty-six are vulnerable, and six are near threatened. One of the species listed for Russia is extinct and one can no longer be found in the wild. All the mammals of Russia are in the subclass Theria and infraclass Eutheria, being all placental.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (99 lb).
  Suborder: Sciurognathi
  Family: Castoridae (beavers)
  Genus: Castor
  European beaver, Castor fiber LC
  Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
  Subfamily: Sciurinae
  Tribe: Sciurini
  Genus: Sciurus
  Red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris LC
  Tribe: Pteromyini
  Genus: Pteromys
  Siberian flying squirrel, Pteromys volans LR/nt
  Subfamily: Xerinae
  Tribe: Marmotini
  Genus: Marmota
  Gray marmot, Marmota baibacina LR/lc
  Bobak marmot, Marmota bobak LR/cd
  Black-capped marmot, Marmota camtschatica LR/lc
  Tarbagan marmot, Marmota sibirica LR/lc
  Genus: Spermophilus
  Daurian ground squirrel, Spermophilus dauricus LR/lc
  Red-cheeked ground squirrel, Spermophilus erythrogenys LR/lc
  Russet ground squirrel, Spermophilus major LR/nt
  Little ground squirrel, Spermophilus pygmaeus LR/lc
  Speckled ground squirrel, Spermophilus suslicus VU
  Long-tailed ground squirrel, Spermophilus undulatus LR/lc
  Genus: Tamias
  Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus LR/lc
  Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  Subfamily: Leithiinae
  Genus: Dryomys
  Forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula LR/nt
  Genus: Muscardinus
  Hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius LR/nt
  Subfamily: Glirinae
  Genus: Glis
  Edible dormouse, Glis glis LR/nt
  Family: Dipodidae (jerboas)
  Subfamily: Allactaginae
  Genus: Allactaga
  Small five-toed jerboa, Allactaga elater LR/lc
  Great jerboa, Allactaga major LR/lc
  Genus: Pygeretmus
  Dwarf fat-tailed jerboa, Pygeretmus pumilio LR/lc
  Subfamily: Cardiocraniinae
  Genus: Salpingotus
  Heptner's pygmy jerboa, Salpingotus heptneri LR/nt
  Subfamily: Dipodinae
  Genus: Dipus
  Northern three-toed jerboa, Dipus sagitta LR/lc
  Genus: Stylodipus
  Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa, Stylodipus telum LR/lc
  Subfamily: Sicistinae
  Genus: Sicista
  Northern birch mouse, Sicista betulina LR/nt
  Caucasian birch mouse, Sicista caucasica LR/lc
  Long-tailed birch mouse, Sicista caudata EN
  Kazbeg birch mouse, Sicista kazbegica DD
  Kluchor birch mouse, Sicista kluchorica DD
  Altai birch mouse, Sicista napaea LR/lc
  Severtzov's birch mouse, Sicista severtzovi LR/lc
  Strand's birch mouse, Sicista strandi LR/lc
  Southern birch mouse, Sicista subtilis LR/nt
  Family: Spalacidae
  Subfamily: Myospalacinae
  Genus: Myospalax
  False Zokor, Myospalax aspalax LR/lc
  Manchurian Zokor, Myospalax epsilanus LR/nt
  Siberian Zokor, Myospalax myospalax LR/lc
  Transbaikal Zokor, Myospalax psilurus LR/lc
  Subfamily: Spalacinae
  Genus: Spalax
  Russian mole rat, Spalax giganteus VU
  Greater mole rat, Spalax microphthalmus VU
  Family: Cricetidae
  Subfamily: Cricetinae
  Genus: Cricetulus
  Chinese striped hamster, Cricetulus barabensis LR/lc
  Long-tailed dwarf hamster, Cricetulus longicaudatus LR/lc
  Grey dwarf hamster, Cricetulus migratorius LR/nt
  Genus: Cricetus
  European hamster, Cricetus cricetus LR/lc
  Genus: Mesocricetus
  Ciscaucasian hamster, Mesocricetus raddei LR/lc
  Genus: Phodopus
  Campbell's dwarf hamster, Phodopus campbelli LR/lc
  Roborovski hamster, Phodopus roborovskii LR/lc
  Winter white Russian dwarf hamster, Phodopus sungorus LR/lc
  Genus: Tscherskia
  Greater long-tailed hamster, Tscherskia triton LR/lc
  Subfamily: Arvicolinae
  Genus: Alticola
  Gobi Altai mountain vole, Alticola barakshin LR/lc
  Lemming vole, Alticola lemminus LR/lc
  Large-eared vole, Alticola macrotis LR/lc
  Flat-headed vole, Alticola strelzowi LR/lc
  Tuva silver vole, Alticola tuvinicus LR/lc
  Genus: Arvicola
  Water vole, Arvicola terrestris LR/lc
  Genus: Chionomys
  Caucasian snow vole, Chionomys gud LR/nt
  Robert's snow vole, Chionomys roberti LR/nt
  Genus: Clethrionomys
  Bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus LR/lc
  Grey red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rufocanus LR/lc
  Northern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rutilus LR/lc
  Shikotan vole, Clethrionomys sikotanensis LR/nt
  Genus: Dicrostonyx
  Arctic lemming, Dicrostonyx torquatus LR/lc
  Wrangel lemming, Dicrostonyx vinogradovi CR
  Genus: Lagurus
  Steppe lemming, Lagurus lagurus LR/lc
  Genus: Lasiopodomys
  Brandt's vole, Lasiopodomys brandtii LR
caption: Bank vole
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