Transcaucasian Mole Vole

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Transcaucasian Mole Vole
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Ellobius Species: E. lutescens
Binomial name
Ellobius lutescens Thomas, 1897

The Transcaucasian Mole Vole (Ellobius lutescens) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It it found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Ellobius lutescens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
• 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.