Ellobius
Ellobius is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is the only member of the tribe Ellobiusini. It contains two (E. lutescens and E. tancrei) of the handful of examples of mammal species that have lost the Y chromosome.
| Ellobius Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
| Northern mole vole (Ellobius talpinus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Tribe: | Ellobiusini Gill, 1872 |
| Genus: | Ellobius Fischer, 1814 |
| Type species | |
| Mus talpinus | |
| Species | |
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Ellobius alaicus | |
The genus has the following species:
- Alai mole vole (Ellobius alaicus)
- Southern mole vole (Ellobius fuscocapillus)
- Transcaucasian mole vole (Ellobius lutescens)
- Northern mole vole (Ellobius talpinus)
- Zaisan mole vole (Ellobius tancrei)
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