Northern Red-backed Vole
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Northern Red-backed Vole

Myodes rutilus

20–30% · Possible
overall probability at Kenai Fjords National Park
9 Verified records at Kenai Fjords National Park
June Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The northern red-backed vole (Clethrionomys rutilus) is a small slender vole found in Alaska, northern Canada, Scandinavia and northern Russia. Wikipedia →

20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Red-backed Vole sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 9 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kenai Fjords National Park

Hoary Marmot
LC

Hoary Marmot

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Marmota caligata

40–50% · Likely
Quiller

Quiller

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Erethizon dorsatus

Insufficient data
American Red Squirrel
LC Endemic

American Red Squirrel

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
<5
May
20–30
Jun
10–20
Jul
20–30
Aug
5–10
Sep
10–20
Oct
20–30
Nov
20–30
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
2 Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
3 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
4 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
5 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Northern Red-backed Vole in Kenai Fjords National Park?

About 22% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Red-backed Vole sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 9 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Northern Red-backed Vole in Kenai Fjords National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Northern Red-backed Vole in Kenai Fjords National Park in our monthly data.

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