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Ellobius (mole-vole)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy

Ellobius was named by Fischer (1814). It is extant. Its type is Mus talpinus.

It was assigned to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species

E. talpinus

Species lacking formal opinion data

E. fuscocapillus, E. tsharynensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1814	Ellobius Fischer
1997	Ellobius McKenna and Bell

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
family	Cricetidae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
genus	Ellobius	Fischer 1814

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ellobius Fischer 1814 [mole-vole]

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Ellobius talpinus Pallas 1770

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

fossorialg

Diet:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2012-05-15 11:07:22

Modified:

2012-05-14 20:07:22

Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Stein 2000, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Villanyian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Tajikistan	Ellobius sp. (34394 34444)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Kazakhstan (Alma-Ata)	Ellobius tsharynensis (11796)
Villanyian	3.2 - 2.588	Italy (Venetia)	Ellobius sp. (50895)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Tajikistan	Ellobius afganomys (34103)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Ukraine	Ellobius sp. (41037)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Israel	Ellobius pedorychus (39252)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Algeria	Ellobius fuscocapillus (22586 22587 22589 22590)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Morocco	Ellobius atlanticus (34331)
Pleistocene - Holocene	2.588 - 0.0	Algeria	Ellobius fuscocapillus (22585)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Morocco	Ellobius atlanticus (34330) Ellobius sp. (34287)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Russian Federation (Transbaikalia)	Ellobius tancrei (38712)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Israel (Mount Carmel)	Ellobius pedorychus (11803)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Ukraine	Ellobius talpinus (68298)