Ellobius talpinus
(Pallas, 1770)
Northern Mole Vole
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
Superfamily | : Muroidea |
Family | : Cricetidae |
Subfamily | : Arvicolinae |
Tribe | : Ellobiusini |
Genus | : Ellobius |
Species status
Authority citation
Pallas, P.S. 1770. Descriptiones quadrupedum et avium anno 1769. observatarum. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 14(1):548-592.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36914469Original name as described
Mus talpinus
Type locality
between Kuibyshev (= Samara) and Kostytchi, W bank of Volga River, Russia.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Ukraine · Mongolia · China · Russia · Kazakhstan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Iran · Afghanistan
Taxonomy notes
E. talpinus likely represents a species complex of at least three species, talpinus, rufescens, and orientalis, all three of which are tentatively included under a single species pending further resolution
Taxonomy notes citation
Lebedev, V., Bogdanov, A., Brandler, O., Melnikova, M., Enkhbat, U., Tukhbatullin, A., ... & Bannikova, A. (2020). Cryptic variation in mole voles Ellobius (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) of Mongolia. Zoologica Scripta, 49(5), 535-548. · Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. (2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor Press, Maribor.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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