Ellobius

Ellobius is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae.^[1] It contains two (E. talpinus and E. tancrei) of the handful of examples of mammal species that have lost the Y chromosome.^[2][3]

Ellobius Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
Northern mole vole (Ellobius talpinus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Tribe:	Ellobiusini Gill, 1872
Genus:	Ellobius Fischer, 1814
Type species
Mus talpinus Pallas, 1770
Species
Ellobius alaicus Ellobius talpinus Ellobius tancrei

The genus has the following species:

• Alai mole vole (Ellobius alaicus)
• Northern mole vole (Ellobius talpinus)
• Zaisan mole vole (Ellobius tancrei)

Two members of this genus were moved to the genus Bramus:

• Southern mole vole (Bramus fuscocapillus)
• Transcaucasian mole vole (Bramus lutescens)

See also

• Tokudaia another mammal genus that has lost the Y-chromosome