Volemys

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Volemys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Tribe: Arvicolini
Genus: Volemys
Zagorodnyuk, 1990
Species

V. millicens
V. musseri

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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