Southern mole vole

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Southern mole vole
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Bramus
Species:
B. fuscocapillus
Binomial name
Bramus fuscocapillus
(Blyth, 1843)

The southern mole vole (Bramus 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 Ellobiusini 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 . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  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.
  3. ↑ Bagheri-Fam, S; et al. (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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