Bramus

Bramus is a genus of fossorial rodents. It formerly contained only the extinct North African species Bramus barbarus.^[1] Both species in Bramus were moved to this genus from Ellobius. They differ from Ellobius in being larger, having a distinct sagital crest, and other features of the teeth and skull. They also occur allopatrically from Ellobius. They are sexually dimorphic, with females being larger than males.^[2] The genus comprises two extant species:

• Southern mole vole, Bramus fuscocapillus (Blyth, 1843)
• Transcaucasian mole vole, Bramus lutescens (Thomas, 1897)

Bramus
Transcaucasian mole vole (Bramus lutescens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Tribe:	Ellobiusini
Genus:	Bramus Pomel, 1892
Type species
Bramus barbarus Pomel, 1892
Species
†Bramus barbarus Bramus fuscocapillus Bramus lutescens