Ellobius Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent | |
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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
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Species | |
Ellobius is a genusofrodents in the family Cricetidae.[1] It contains two (E. lutescens and E. tancrei) of the handful of examples of mammal species that have lost the Y chromosome.[2]
The genus has the following species:
Two members of this genus were moved to the genus Bramus:
Ellobius |
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