Bramus
Genus of rodents
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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:
- Southern mole vole, Bramus fuscocapillus (Blyth, 1843)
- Transcaucasian mole vole, Bramus lutescens (Thomas, 1897)
| Bramus | |
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| Transcaucasian mole vole (Bramus lutescens) | |
Scientific 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 | |
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†Bramus barbarus | |
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