Genus Ellobius Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Scientific name Ellobius lutescens Higher classification Ellobius Order Rodent | |
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Similar Ellobius, Northern mole vole, Robert's snow vole, Rodent, Afghan vole | ||
The Transcaucasian mole vole (Ellobius lutescens) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey.
Chromosomes
The karyotype has a low, odd, diploid number, 2n = 17,X. Transcaucasian mole voles have no SRY gene or Y chromosome; both sexes have an XO sex chromosome set, a state possibly derived from an ancestral population in which males had an XX sex chromosome set, like E. tancrei. Their sex-determination method remains unknown.
References
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