Alai mole vole

Alai mole vole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Ellobius
Species:
E. alaicus
Binomial name
Ellobius alaicus
Vorontsov, Lyapunova, Zakarjan, & Ivanov, 1969

The Alai mole vole (Ellobius alaicus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from Kyrgyzstan, where it has been found in temperate grassland in the Alai Mountains. Little else is known about the vole.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

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