ヤチネズミ

Meanings

1

Japanese red-backed vole

usually written using kana alone

Specifically refers to Myodes andersoni, a vole species native to Japan.

ヤチネズミは本ほん州しゅうの山さん地ちに生せい息そくしている。
The Japanese red-backed vole inhabits the mountains of Honshu.

2

red-backed vole (genus Myodes)

General term for any vole of the genus Myodes, not limited to the Japanese species.

ヤチネズミ属ぞくには複ふく数すうの種しゅが含ふくまれる。
The genus Myodes includes several species.