Alai mole vole

Alai mole vole
Ellobius alaicus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Genus:	Ellobius
Species:	E. alaicus
Binomial name
Ellobius alaicus Vorontsov, Liapounova et al., 1969

The Alai mole vole (Ellobius alaicus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. ^[2] It is known only from Kyrgyzstan, where it has been found in temperate grassland in the Alai Mountains. Little else is known about the vole. ^[1]

It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. Gerrie, R. & Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Ellobius alaicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T7653A115085601. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T7653A22339851.en . Retrieved 27 November 2023.
2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). 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.