Transcaucasian mole vole
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Bramus |
| Species: | B. lutescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Bramus lutescens (Thomas, 1897)
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The Transcaucasian mole vole (Bramus lutescens) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2]
It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey.
Reproduction
[edit]The Transcaucasian mole vole reproduces between the months of April and October, breeding in march-April and October-November. Females gestate their young for 26 days( almost a month). After birth, the pups of the Transcaucasian mole vole, remain with their mother for about two months. During the first 1-4 week of their life, they would just feed with their mother while developing their motor functions. By the fifth week, the pups are weaned off milk and are able to eat solid food, and walk independently without difficulty.[3]
Chromosomes
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The karyotype of the Transcaucasian mole vole has a low odd diploid number, 2n = 17,X.[4] These voles have no SRY gene or Y chromosome; both sexes have an XO sex chromosome set, a condition possibly derived from an ancestral population in which males had an XX sex chromosome set, like E. tancrei.[2] Their sex-determination method remains unknown.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kryštufek, B.; Shenbrot, G. (2016). "Ellobius lutescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T7655A22340006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7655A22340006.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 975. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ KAYA, ALAETTİN (2015). "Reproduction, postnatal development, and social behavior of Ellobius lutescens Thomas, 1897 (Mammalia: Rodentia) in captivity". Turkish Journal of Zoology. 39 (3): 425–431. doi:10.3906/zoo-1401-73.
- ^ a b Bagheri-Fam, S; et al. (January 2012). "Sox9 gene regulation and the loss of the XY/XX sex-determining mechanism in the mole vole Ellobius lutescens". Chromosome Research. 20 (1): 191–9. doi:10.1007/s10577-011-9269-5. PMID 22215485.
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- ^ KAYA, ALAETTİN (2015). "Reproduction, postnatal development, and social behavior of Ellobius lutescens Thomas, 1897 (Mammalia: Rodentia) in captivity". Turkish Journal of Zoology. 39 (3): 425–431. doi:10.3906/zoo-1401-73.