Ellobius Explained

Ellobius is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It contains two (E. lutescens and E. tancrei) of the handful of examples of mammal species that have lost the Y chromosome.^[1]

The genus has the following species:

• Alai mole vole (Ellobius alaicus)
• Northern mole vole (Ellobius talpinus)
• Zaisan mole vole (Ellobius tancrei)

Two members of this genus were moved to the genus Bramus:

• Southern mole vole (Bramus fuscocapillus)
• Transcaucasian mole vole (Bramus lutescens)

See also

• Tokudaia

Notes and References

1. Bagheri-Fam, S. Sox9 gene regulation and the loss of the XY/XX sex-determining mechanism in the mole vole Ellobius lutescens.. Chromosome Research. January 2012. 20. 1. 22215485. 10.1007/s10577-011-9269-5. 191–9. etal. free.