Alai mole vole
Alai mole vole | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Genus: | Ellobius |
Species: | E. alaicus
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Binomial name | |
Ellobius alaicus Vorontsov, Liapounova et al., 1969
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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[]
- ^ a b Tsytsulina, K. (2008). "Ellobius alaicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Ellobius
- Mammals of Central Asia
- Endemic fauna of Kyrgyzstan
- Rodents of Asia
- Mammals described in 1969
- Arvicolinae stubs