Volemys
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Genus of rodents
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Tribe: | Arvicolini |
| Genus: | Volemys Zagorodnyuk, 1990 |
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V. millicens | |
Volemys is a small genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species:
- Szechuan vole (Volemys millicens)
- Marie's vole (Volemys musseri)
Both members of this genus are endemic to China.
References[]
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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