Biology:Southern mole vole

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Short description: Species of rodent

Southern mole vole
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Ellobius
Species:
E. fuscocapillus
Binomial name
Ellobius fuscocapillus
Blyth, 1843

The southern mole vole (Ellobius fuscocapillus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan , and Turkmenistan.

Chromosomes

Southern mole voles are the only member of Ellobius demonstrated to have both a normal XY/XX chromosomal sex determination system and an SRY gene.[3]

References

  1. Shenbrot, G.; Kryštufek, B.; Molur, S. (2016). "Ellobius fuscocapillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T7654A22339730. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7654A22339730.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7654/22339730. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 975. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000204. 
  3. Bagheri-Fam, S (January 2012). "Sox9 gene regulation and the loss of the XY/XX sex-determining mechanism in the mole vole Ellobius lutescens.". Chromosome Research 20 (1): 191–9. doi:10.1007/s10577-011-9269-5. PMID 22215485. 

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