Transcaucasian mole vole

Transcaucasian mole vole

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Species : Ellobius lutescens

The Transcaucasian mole vole is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Transcaucasian mole vole

; RT "Sex determination in Sry-negative Ellobius lutescens is not associated RT with genes of the polled intersex syndrome locus"; RL Unpublished. (Full text)

Chromosome 9 of Ellobius lutescens is the X chromosome. (Full text)

tr Summary: Ellobius lutescens is the only species of Mole Vole (Full text)

Observations on the Mole Vole, Ellobius lutescens Thomas 1897, (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Turkey Yüksel COÞKUN, Servet ULUTÜRK Dicle University, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Biology Department, 21280 Diyarbakýr - TURKEY Abstract: Ellobius lutescens is the only species of the genus Ellobius living in eastern Anatolia. (Full text)