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The Transcaucasian mole vole (''Ellobius lutescens'') is a species of
The karyotype has a low, odd, diploid number, 2n = 17,X. Transcaucasian mole voles have no ''SRY'' gene or
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 ...
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 found in Armenia
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, Azerbaijan
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, Georgia
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, Iran
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, and Turkey
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.
Chromosomes
The karyotype has a low, odd, diploid number, 2n = 17,X. Transcaucasian mole voles have no ''SRY'' gene or 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 ...
; both sexes have an XO sex chromosome set, a state possibly derived from an ancestral population in which males had an XX sex chromosome set, like '' E. tancrei''. Their sex-determination method remains unknown.
See also
* Zaisan mole vole *''Tokudaia osimensis
The Ryukyu spiny rat (''Tokudaia osimensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Endemic to Amami Ōshima island in the Amami Islands of the Ryukyu archipelago of Japan, its natural habitat is subtropical moist broadleaf forest. The ...
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*''Tokudaia tokunoshimensis
The Tokunoshima spiny rat (''Tokudaia tokunoshimensis'') is a rodent found only on the island of Tokunoshima in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. Due to its small habitat, it is considered endangered. It is commonly found in the secondary and primary ...
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References
Ellobius Rodents of Asia Vole, Transcaucasian Mole Mammals of Azerbaijan Mole Vole, Transcaucasian South Caucasus Mammals described in 1897 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Least concern biota of Asia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Arvicolinae-stub