Bramus

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Bramus
Transcaucasian mole vole (Bramus lutescens)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Tribe: Ellobiusini
Genus: Bramus
Pomel, 1892
Type species
Bramus barbarus
Pomel, 1892
Species

†Bramus barbarus
Bramus fuscocapillus
Bramus lutescens

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 extant species:

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.