''Ellobius'' is a genus of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
s in the family
Cricetidae
The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At almost 608 species, it is the second-largest family of mammals, and h ...
.
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
The Y chromosome is one of two sex chromosomes (allosomes) in therian mammals, including humans, and many other animals. The other is the X chromosome. Y is normally the sex-determining chromosome in many species, since it is the presence or abse ...
.
The genus has the following species:
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Alai mole vole (''Ellobius alaicus'')
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Southern mole vole (''Ellobius fuscocapillus'')
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Transcaucasian mole vole (''Ellobius lutescens'')
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Northern mole vole (''Ellobius talpinus'')
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Zaisan mole vole (''Ellobius tancrei'')
See also
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Tokudaia
''Tokudaia'' is a genus of murine rodent native to Japan. Known as Ryūkyū spiny rats or spinous country-rats, population groups exist on several non-contiguous islands. Despite differences in name and appearance, they are the closest living rel ...
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References
Rodent genera
Taxa named by Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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