Alai mole vole

Alai mole vole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. ^ a b 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.


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