Bramus
Appearance
Bramus | |
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Transcaucasian mole vole (Bramus lutescens) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Tribe: | Ellobiusini |
Genus: | Bramus Pomel, 1892 |
Type species | |
Bramus barbarus Pomel, 1892
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Species | |
Bramus fuscocapillus |
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 species:
- Southern mole vole, Bramus fuscocapillus (Blyth, 1843)
- Transcaucasian mole vole, Bramus lutescens (Thomas, 1897)
References
[edit]- ^ Pomel, Auguste (23 May 1892). "Sur le Bramus, nouveau type de Rongeur fossile des phosphorites quaternaires de la Berberie". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des Sciences. 114: 1159–1163. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ Kryštufek, Boris; Shenbrot, Georgy I. (July 2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region (PDF) (1 ed.). Maribor, Slovenia: University of Maribor Press. pp. 156–157. ISBN 978-961-286-611-2. Retrieved 8 March 2024.