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Nowadays, the genus
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, occurs in southeast Europe, western and central Asia with five species (
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; Wilson et al., 2017,
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):
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(
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,
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Vorontsov et al., 1969,
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(
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. These fossorial species inhabit steppes, grasslands and semi-deserts, and are highly adapted to subterranean life (Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2009;
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).
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In
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(
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; Firouz, 2005; Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2009;
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Ranges of month precipitations and mean annual temperatures within the geographic distribution
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species
</taxonomicName>
(https://eol.org/).
</tableNote>
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FF31FB3B78A90EE2" box="[250,465,1254,1279]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ellobius lutescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(western mole vole) is distributed in northwestern
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,
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,
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,
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and eastern
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(
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980875DA29FD51FABB79870F82" author="Hassinger, J. D." pageId="2" pageNumber="3" refId="ref9382" refString="Hassinger, J. D. 1973. A survey of the mammals of Afghanistan: resulting from the 1965 Street" type="book" year="1973">Hassinger, 1973</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980875DA29FED9FA5B78B90F82" author="Roberts, T. J." box="[274,449,1414,1439]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" refId="ref10761" refString="Roberts, T. J. 1977. The Mammals of Pakistan. Ernst Benn Ltd., London." type="book" year="1977">Roberts, 1977</bibRefCitation>
;
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980875DA29FE86FA7B78840FA2" author="Coskun, Y." box="[333,508,1446,1472]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" pagination="349 - 354" refId="ref8654" refString="Coskun, Y. 1997. Ellobius lutescens Thomas, 1897 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) Turkish Journal of Zoology. 21; 349 - 354." type="journal article" year="1997">Coşkun, 1997</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980875DA29FDC4FA7B7BCE0FA2" author="Nowak, R. M." box="[527,694,1446,1471]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" refId="ref10464" refString="Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore." type="book" year="1999">Nowak, 1999</bibRefCitation>
;
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980875DA29FE62FA1B7A6C0FC2" author="Krystufek, B. &amp; Shenbrot, G." box="[425,788,1478,1504]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" refId="ref9830" refString="Krystufek, B. and Shenbrot, G. 2016. Ellobius lutescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened" type="book" year="2016">Kryštufek and Shenbrot, 2016</bibRefCitation>
; Wilson et al., 2017). In
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, this species is found in mountain grasslands, sandy semi-deserts and steppe areas (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980875DA29FEAEF9FB7BB40C22" author="Krystufek, B. &amp; Shenbrot, G." box="[357,716,1574,1600]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" refId="ref9830" refString="Krystufek, B. and Shenbrot, G. 2016. Ellobius lutescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened" type="book" year="2016">Kryštufek and Shenbrot, 2016</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980875DA29FD1CF9FB784F0C42" author="Tesakov, A. S." pageId="2" pageNumber="3" pagination="151 - 158" refId="ref11537" refString="Tesakov, A. S. 2016. Early Middle Pleistocene Ellobius (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Arvicolinae) from Armenia. Russian Journal of Theriology, 15 (2): 151 - 158." type="journal article" year="2016">Tesakov, 2016</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8A4F690875DA29FBE6FAD77C380FB6" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
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<tr id="35054D2B087525D4FCA3FAD77C0F0F24" box="[872,1399,1290,1337]" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" rowspan-0="1">
<th id="76D42457087525D4FBE6FAD77DD50F24" box="[1069,1197,1290,1337]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FBE6FAD77DE60F24" bold="true" box="[1069,1197,1290,1337]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Temperature (Max/Min)</emphasis>
</th>
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<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FB2EFAD77C0F0F24" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Precipitation (mm per month)</emphasis>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="35054D2B087525D4FCA3FA917C0F0F7C" box="[872,1399,1356,1377]" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76D42457087525D4FCA3FA917A840F7C" box="[872,1020,1356,1377]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<taxonomicName id="4C3534EA0875DA29FCA3FA907A840F7C" baseAuthorityName="Blyth" baseAuthorityYear="1843" box="[872,1020,1357,1377]" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Ellobius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuscocapillus">
<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FCA3FA907A840F7C" box="[872,1020,1357,1377]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">E. fuscocapillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<td id="76D42457087525D4FBE6FA917DD50F7C" box="[1069,1197,1356,1377]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">11.62/ 0.1°C</td>
<td id="76D42457087525D4FB1FFA917C0F0F7C" box="[1236,1399,1356,1377]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">36.01</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35054D2B087525D4FCA3FAAF7C0F0F9B" box="[872,1399,1394,1414]" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76D42457087525D4FCA3FAAF7A840F9B" box="[872,1020,1394,1414]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<taxonomicName id="4C3534EA0875DA29FCA3FAAF7AA40F9B" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1897" box="[872,988,1394,1414]" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Ellobius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lutescens">
<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FCA3FAAF7AA40F9B" box="[872,988,1394,1414]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">E. lutescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="76D42457087525D4FBE6FAAF7DD50F9B" box="[1069,1197,1394,1414]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">10.79/ 0.1°C</td>
<td id="76D42457087525D4FB1FFAAF7C0F0F9B" box="[1236,1399,1394,1414]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">28.17</td>
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<tr id="35054D2B087525D4FCA3FA4A7C0F0FB6" box="[872,1399,1431,1451]" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<th id="76D42457087525D4FCA3FA4A7A840FB6" box="[872,1020,1431,1451]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<taxonomicName id="4C3534EA0875DA29FCA3FA4A7AB30FB6" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1770" box="[872,971,1431,1451]" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Ellobius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="talpinus">
<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FCA3FA4A7AB30FB6" box="[872,971,1431,1451]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">E. talpinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="76D42457087525D4FBE6FA4A7DD50FB6" box="[1069,1197,1431,1451]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">4.75 /0.1°C</td>
<td id="76D42457087525D4FB1FFA4A7C0F0FB6" box="[1236,1399,1431,1451]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">24.94</td>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8A4F690875DA29FF31F9BB78B10CE2" blockId="2.[192,793,710,1887]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<taxonomicName id="4C3534EA0875DA29FF31F9BB7B780C62" baseAuthorityName="Blyth" baseAuthorityYear="1843" box="[250,512,1638,1663]" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Ellobius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuscocapillus">
<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FF31F9BB7B780C62" box="[250,512,1638,1663]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ellobius fuscocapillus</emphasis>
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(southern mole vole) shows a range across northeastern
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,
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,
<collectingCountry id="F3220FF90875DA29FEC2F97B78ED0CA2" box="[265,405,1702,1727]" name="Afghanistan" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Afghanistan</collectingCountry>
and
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. In
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it is found in open steppes with loose soil (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980875DA29FF0BF93B78C60CE2" author="Shenbrot, G. &amp; Krystufek, B. &amp; Molur, S." box="[192,446,1766,1792]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" pagination="7654" refId="ref11266" refString="Shenbrot, G., Krystufek, B., and Molur, S. 2016. Ellobius fuscocapillus, Southern Mole Vole. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e. T 7654 A 22339730. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2016 - 2. RLTS. T 7654 A 22339730. en" type="journal article" year="2016">Shenbrot et al., 2016</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C3534EA0875DA29FF31F8DB78C60D02" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1770" box="[250,446,1798,1823]" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Ellobius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="talpinus">
<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FF31F8DB78C60D02" box="[250,446,1798,1823]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ellobius talpinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(northern mole vole) is distributed in southeastern
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and
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,
<collectingCountry id="F3220FF90875DA29FF0BF89B78370D42" box="[192,335,1862,1887]" name="Kazakhstan" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Kazakhstan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3220FF90875DA29FE96F89B789D0D42" box="[349,485,1862,1887]" name="Uzbekistan" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Uzbekistan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3220FF90875DA29FE39F89B7BEA0D42" box="[498,658,1862,1887]" name="Turkmenistan" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Turkmenistan</collectingCountry>
and in the small part of northern
<collectingCountry id="F3220FF90875DA29FB86FF7B7D070AA2" box="[1101,1151,166,191]" name="Iran" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Iran</collectingCountry>
. Its habitat requirements are similar to that of
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<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FBABFF1B7C440AC2" box="[1120,1340,198,223]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ellobius lutescens</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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The geographical areas occupied by the three species show differences in mean annual temperatures and precipitations (
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).
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<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FB14FE9B7CD90B42" box="[1247,1441,326,351]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ellobius talpinus</emphasis>
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is found in regions with drier conditions and lower maximum annual temperature than that of the other two species. The geographic ranges of
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<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FA4CFE7B7A980BC2" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">E. fuscocapillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FBD6FE1B7DC80BC2" box="[1053,1200,454,479]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">E. lutescens</emphasis>
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display similar temperatures, but
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<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FBCEFE3B7DBF0BE2" box="[1029,1223,486,511]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">E. fuscocapillus</emphasis>
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occurs in wetter environments. All the temperatures and precipitation levels are estimations, consistent with the above-described
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of habitat. However, since their subterranean life makes them relatively insensitive to high variations in surface temperatures and precipitations, we can consider that all three species have essentially the same habitat requirements. What can make differences is the resulting vegetation cover, which is of course important for the survival of the animals. But all what we can assume in the current state of knowledge is that the
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<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FCBEFCBB7AAA0962" box="[885,978,870,895]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ellobius</emphasis>
species
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provide significant information as indicators for steppe environments. Further studies are needed to evaluate more precisely the potential of the different
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<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FBA2FC1B7DBE09C2" box="[1129,1222,966,991]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ellobius</emphasis>
species
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as palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic indicators.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FC83FBCB7DF00E32" bold="true" box="[840,1160,1046,1071]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
Fossil Record of
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<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FBEBFBCB7DF00E32" bold="true" box="[1056,1160,1046,1071]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ellobius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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Arvicolines are commonly used in Quaternary biostratigraphy because of their rapid evolution and their abundance in the fossil record. The genus
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<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FC83F9FB7ADD0C22" box="[840,933,1574,1599]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ellobius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may represent a crucial biostratigraphic yardstick in the Zagros mountain range, which marks the western limits of its extant distribution range in the western Asia (
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). However, the palaeobiogeographic and stratigraphic range of the genus in this region is still debated.
</paragraph>
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Remains of cf.
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<emphasis id="B941937B0875DA29FBFEF8DB7DEA0D02" box="[1077,1170,1798,1823]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ellobius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been reported in early Pliocene (Ruscinian) sites in Kotovka,
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in the
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980875DA28FBA4F89B78790ADF" author="Nesin, V. &amp; Nadachowski, A." lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" refId="ref10425" refString="Nesin, V. and Nadachowski, A. 2001. Late Miocene and Pliocene small mammal faunas" type="book" year="2001">Nesin and Nadachowski, 2001</bibRefCitation>
), and in two late Pliocene (Late Villanyian) sites, in the west of
<collectingCountry id="F3220FF90874DA28FE6CFF147B7B0AFF" box="[423,515,201,226]" name="Ukraine" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ukraine</collectingCountry>
and in Rivoli Veronese, northeastern
<collectingCountry id="F3220FF90874DA28FEA8FF3478EB0B1F" box="[355,403,233,258]" name="Italy" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Italy</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FE61FF357BF60B1F" author="Sala, B. &amp; Masini, F. &amp; Torre, D." box="[426,654,232,258]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" pagination="3 - 11" refId="ref11172" refString="Sala, B., Masini, F., and Torre, D. 1994. Villanyian arvicolids from Veronese, a karst fissure in the Adige valley, Northeastern Italy. Bolletino Societa Paleontologica Italina, 33: 3 - 11." type="journal article" year="1994">Sala et al., 1994</bibRefCitation>
). However,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FF0BFED478040B3F" author="Tesakov, A. S." box="[192,380,265,290]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" pagination="71 - 134" refId="ref11509" refString="Tesakov, A. S. 1998. Voles of the Tegelen fauna. Mededelingen Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO, 60: 71 - 134." type="journal article" year="1998">Tesakov (1998)</bibRefCitation>
believes that the
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FDA9FED47BC70B3F" box="[610,703,265,290]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
record from
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belongs to
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FE7CFEF47BF70B5F" box="[439,655,297,322]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ungaromys dehmi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8A4F690874DA28FF31FE94787408BF" blockId="3.[192,793,169,1890]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
According to several authors (compiled in Topachevsky and Rekovets, 1982;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FDACFEB478320BBF" author="Maul, L. C. &amp; Markova, A. K." pageId="3" pageNumber="4" refId="ref10176" refString="Maul, L. C. and Markova, A. K. 2007. Similarity and regional differences in Quaternary arvicolid" type="book" year="2007">Maul and Markova, 2007</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FE92FE547B730BBF" author="Tesakov, A. S." box="[345,523,393,418]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" pagination="151 - 158" refId="ref11537" refString="Tesakov, A. S. 2016. Early Middle Pleistocene Ellobius (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Arvicolinae) from Armenia. Russian Journal of Theriology, 15 (2): 151 - 158." type="journal article" year="2016">Tesakov, 2016</bibRefCitation>
), there was a succession of several
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FE4FFE7478990BDF" box="[388,481,425,450]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
during the early Pleistocene in Eastern Europe:
<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FDFFFE147895083F" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">E. paleotalpinus, E. melitopoliensis, E. primigenis, E. lakhutensis, E. tauricus, E. kujalnikensis</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FDFAFDD47A68083F" box="[561,784,521,546]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">E. tarchancutensis</emphasis>
. The morphology of
<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FE77FDF47BE6085F" box="[444,670,553,578]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">E. tarchancutensis</emphasis>
suggests that it could be the ancestor of
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FDB7FD947A60087F" box="[636,792,585,610]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">E. lutescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Topachevsky and Rekovets, 1982;
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8A4F690874DA28FF31FD747B6309BF" blockId="3.[192,793,169,1890]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
In western Asia,
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FE76FD747B6208DF" box="[445,538,681,706]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been recognized in several Middle Pleistocene archaeological sites in Sel-Ungur in
<collectingCountry id="F3220FF90874DA28FEB4FD347B7A091F" box="[383,514,745,770]" name="Kyrgyzstan" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Kyrgyzstan</collectingCountry>
(
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FDD8FD347B08091F" box="[531,624,745,770]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ex gr.
<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FD0AFD347A69091F" box="[705,785,745,770]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">tancrei</emphasis>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FF0BFCD47800093F" author="Markova, A." box="[192,376,777,802]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" pagination="217 - 239" refId="ref10138" refString="Markova, A. 1992. Fossil rodents (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Sel' - Ungur Acheulian cave site (Kirghizstan). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 35 (2): 217 - 239." type="journal article" year="1992">Markova, 1992</bibRefCitation>
), in Hummal layer G in
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(
<taxonomicName id="4C3534EA0874DA28FD28FCD47859095F" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Ellobius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FD28FCD47989095F" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FEE6FCF47883095F" author="Maul, L. C. &amp; Smith, K. T. &amp; Shenbrot, G. &amp; Bruch, A. A. &amp; Wegmuller, F. &amp; Le Tensorer, J. M." box="[301,507,809,834]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" refId="ref10228" refString="Maul, L. C., Smith, K. T., Shenbrot, G., Bruch, A. A., Wegmuller, F., and Le Tensorer, J. M. 2015. Microvertebrates from unit G / layer 17 of the archaeological site of Hummal (El Kowm," type="book" year="2015">Maul et al., 2015</bibRefCitation>
), Azokh-1 units Vm, Vu, III, II/III, II (
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FE8DFC9478DB097F" box="[326,419,841,866]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
; Fernández-Jalvo, 2016) in Nagorno Karabakh and Krasarin (
<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FDBBFCB4782109BF" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
<taxonomicName id="4C3534EA0874DA28FDBBFCB4782A09BF" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Ellobius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pomeli" subGenus="Bramus">Ellobius (Bramus) pomeli</taxonomicName>
;
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FEABFC547B6909BF" author="Tesakov, A. S." box="[352,529,905,930]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" pagination="151 - 158" refId="ref11537" refString="Tesakov, A. S. 2016. Early Middle Pleistocene Ellobius (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Arvicolinae) from Armenia. Russian Journal of Theriology, 15 (2): 151 - 158." type="journal article" year="2016">Tesakov, 2016</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8A4F690874DA28FF31FC7478740C1F" blockId="3.[192,793,169,1890]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
During the Middle Pleistocene,
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FD70FC747A6009DF" box="[699,792,937,962]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
extended its range westwards to
<collectingCountry id="F3220FF90874DA28FD97FC147BD909FF" box="[604,673,969,994]" name="Israel" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Israel</collectingCountry>
, Tabun C and D (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FEDDFC3478E60E1F" author="Bate, D. M. A." box="[278,414,1001,1026]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" refId="ref7795" refString="Bate, D. M. A. 1937. Palaeontoogy: the fossil fauna of the Wady El-Mughara caves. In Garrod," type="book" year="1937">Bate, 1937</bibRefCitation>
; Frumkin and Comay, in press), Misliya Cave (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FEB0FBD479860E5F" author="Weissbrod, L. &amp; Weinstein-Evron, M." pageId="3" pageNumber="4" refId="ref11954" refString="Weissbrod, L. and Weinstein-Evron, M. 2020. Climate variability in early expansions of Homo" type="book" year="2020">Weissbrod and Weinstein-Evron, 2020</bibRefCitation>
) and North Africa as far as to the Moroccan Atlantic coast (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FEB6FB947B5D0E7F" author="Jaeger, J. J." box="[381,549,1097,1122]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" pagination="3 - 50" refId="ref9555" refString="Jaeger, J. J. 1988. Origine et evolution du genre Ellobius (Mammalia, Rodentia) en Afrique Nord- Occidentale. Folia Quaternaria 57: 3 - 50." type="journal article" year="1988">Jaeger, 1988</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FDF3FB957B880E7F" author="Stoetzel, E." box="[568,752,1096,1122]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" pagination="359 - 381" refId="ref11331" refString="Stoetzel, E. 2013. Late Cenozoic micromammal biochronology of northwestern Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 392: 359 - 381. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. palaeo. 2013.09.026" type="journal article" year="2013">Stoetzel, 2013</bibRefCitation>
). It probably arrived there from western Asia via the Libyco-Egyptian route during a cooling and aridification of North Africa favouring the development of steppes at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FF0DFB3578060F1F" author="Stoetzel, E." box="[198,382,1256,1282]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" pagination="359 - 381" refId="ref11331" refString="Stoetzel, E. 2013. Late Cenozoic micromammal biochronology of northwestern Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 392: 359 - 381. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. palaeo. 2013.09.026" type="journal article" year="2013">Stoetzel, 2013</bibRefCitation>
). The North African species then evolved independently from the Asian ones, through the succession of
<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FDC9FAF478F10F7F" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">E. africanus, E. atlanticus, E. barbarus</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FE00FA947B4E0F7F" box="[459,566,1353,1378]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">E. zimae</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FD8CFA947B940F7F" author="Jaeger, J. J." box="[583,748,1353,1378]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" pagination="3 - 50" refId="ref9555" refString="Jaeger, J. J. 1988. Origine et evolution du genre Ellobius (Mammalia, Rodentia) en Afrique Nord- Occidentale. Folia Quaternaria 57: 3 - 50." type="journal article" year="1988">Jaeger, 1988</bibRefCitation>
). In most studies, it is concluded that
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FD9CFAB47BCC0F9F" box="[599,692,1385,1410]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, outside its current range, disappeared at the end of the Middle Pleistocene at the latest (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FD94FA757A6C0FDF" author="Stoetzel, E." box="[607,788,1448,1474]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" pagination="359 - 381" refId="ref11331" refString="Stoetzel, E. 2013. Late Cenozoic micromammal biochronology of northwestern Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 392: 359 - 381. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. palaeo. 2013.09.026" type="journal article" year="2013">Stoetzel, 2013</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FF0BFA1478F10FFF" author="Maul, L. C. &amp; Smith, K. T. &amp; Shenbrot, G. &amp; Bruch, A. A. &amp; Wegmuller, F. &amp; Le Tensorer, J. M." box="[192,393,1481,1506]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" refId="ref10228" refString="Maul, L. C., Smith, K. T., Shenbrot, G., Bruch, A. A., Wegmuller, F., and Le Tensorer, J. M. 2015. Microvertebrates from unit G / layer 17 of the archaeological site of Hummal (El Kowm," type="book" year="2015">Maul et al., 2015</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FE5FFA14787A0C1F" author="Weissbrod, L. &amp; Weinstein-Evron, M." pageId="3" pageNumber="4" refId="ref11954" refString="Weissbrod, L. and Weinstein-Evron, M. 2020. Climate variability in early expansions of Homo" type="book" year="2020">Weissbrod and Weinstein-Evron, 2020</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8A4F690874DA28FF31F9D47A9F0BDF" blockId="3.[192,793,169,1890]" lastBlockId="3.[840,1441,169,450]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
In the Late Pleistocene,
<taxonomicName id="4C3534EA0874DA28FDE8F9D47B9B0C3F" authorityName="Blasius" authorityYear="1884" box="[547,739,1545,1570]" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Ellobius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trancrei">
<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FDE8F9D47B9B0C3F" box="[547,739,1545,1570]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius trancrei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been described from the Mousterian site of Ogzy-Kichik,
<collectingCountry id="F3220FF90874DA28FED3F99478D20C7F" box="[280,426,1609,1634]" name="Tajikistan" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Tadzhikistan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FE71F9947B0C0C7F" author="Markova, A." box="[442,628,1609,1634]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" pagination="217 - 239" refId="ref10138" refString="Markova, A. 1992. Fossil rodents (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Sel' - Ungur Acheulian cave site (Kirghizstan). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 35 (2): 217 - 239." type="journal article" year="1992">Markova, 1992</bibRefCitation>
). The modern species
<taxonomicName id="4C3534EA0874DA28FEE7F9B478BF0C9F" baseAuthorityName="Rusin" baseAuthorityYear="2017" box="[300,455,1641,1666]" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Ellobius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lutescens">
<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FEE7F9B478BF0C9F" box="[300,455,1641,1666]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">E. lutescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was found in
<collectingCountry id="F3220FF90874DA28FD59F9B47BB80C9F" box="[658,704,1641,1666]" name="Iraq" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Iraq</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FD13F9B479850CBF" author="Bate, D. M. A." pageId="3" pageNumber="4" refId="ref7762" refString="Bate, D. M. A. 1930. Animal remains from the Dark Cave, Hazar Merd. American School of" type="book" year="1930">Bate, 1930</bibRefCitation>
) in the layers of Hazar Merd, dated to 25,000 years ago (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FE81F97578830CDF" author="Coskun, Y." box="[330,507,1704,1730]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" pagination="831 - 841" refId="ref8734" refString="Coskun, Y. 2016. Review of unique odd chromosome-numbered underground rodent species of the Palearctic region: Ellobius Lutescens Thomas 1897 (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology, 40: 831 - 841. https: // doi. org / 10.3906 / zoo- 1509 - 53" type="journal article" year="2016">Coşkun, 2016</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="EFA432980874DA28FDC4F9747A600CDF" author="Hashemi, N. &amp; Darvish, J. &amp; Mashkour, M. &amp; Biglari, F." box="[527,792,1705,1730]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" refId="ref9428" refString="Hashemi, N., Darvish, J., Mashkour, M., and Biglari, F. 2006. Rodents and lagomorphs remains" type="book" year="2006">Hashemi et al. (2006)</bibRefCitation>
noted that remains of
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FE2EF9147BF90CFF" box="[485,641,1737,1762]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">E. lutescens</emphasis>
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have been found in several Late Pleistocene and early Holocene sites in western and northwestern
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: Kani Mikaeil (
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), Qalaloun near Kouhdasht, Yafteh Gar, and Arjeneh near Khoramabad (
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).
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FC6DFF747DFD0ADF" box="[934,1157,169,194]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius lutescens</emphasis>
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has also been documented in Upper Palaeolithic and Neolithic units of Dzudzuana Cave (
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, 34.4-6 ka cal BP;
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), and also in Aghitu-3 level VII (
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, Upper Palaeolithic, 39-36 ka cal BP; Kandel et al., 2017).
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sp.
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has been described in Azokh-1 unit I (157 ± 26 ka BP) and in the Holocene site Azokh-5 (Nagorno Karabakh,
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).
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FC83FE047D920BEF" bold="true" box="[840,1258,473,498]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Description of Tooth Morphology</emphasis>
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We restricted our analysis to the first lower molar, the most diagnostic tooth in arvicolines. The
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FC83FD947ADD087F" box="[840,933,585,610]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius</emphasis>
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lower m1 is composed of the anterior cap (
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), five triangles (
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) with three buccal (
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) and four lingual (
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) re-entrant angles, and one posterior lobe (
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) (
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).
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FB79FD747C7708DF" box="[1202,1295,681,706]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius</emphasis>
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molars are notably characterized by broadly confluent triangles, and the presence of roots that are visible in adult and old individuals (
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). Moreover,
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FC83FCF47ADD095F" box="[840,933,809,834]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius</emphasis>
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molars lack cement in the re-entrant angles (
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).
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<paragraph id="8B8A4F690874DA28FC49FCB47ACA0FFF" blockId="3.[840,1441,520,1506]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
For modern representatives, the skull morphology (
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) and external characters (Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2009) contain the main diagnostic features, whereas fossil samples mostly consist of isolated molars or broken jaws. The occlusal morphology of the lower m1 is rather similar in the various
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FBE8FBF47DF80E5F" box="[1059,1152,1065,1090]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius</emphasis>
species
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(especially the three Iranian species
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FB8CFB947C780E7C" box="[1095,1280,1096,1122]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">E. fuscocapillus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FAC4FB947CD80E7F" box="[1295,1440,1097,1122]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">E. lutescens</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FCB5FBB47A840E9F" box="[894,1020,1129,1154]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">E. talpinus</emphasis>
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). However, some specific morphological characters have been pointed out in previous studies: the
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is broad in
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FB09FB747CE00EDF" box="[1218,1432,1193,1218]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius lutescens</emphasis>
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, narrow in
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FC0FFB147DF10EFF" box="[964,1161,1225,1250]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius talpinus</emphasis>
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and elongated in
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FAA0FB147D630F1C" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius fuscocapillus</emphasis>
(
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)
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; the distance between
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4 and
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5 (W) and the total length (L) differ between the species,
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FB52FAF47CD80F5C" box="[1177,1440,1320,1346]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius fuscocapillus</emphasis>
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showing the largest teeth and
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<emphasis id="B941937B0874DA28FB7AFA947C0A0F7F" box="[1201,1394,1353,1378]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ellobius talpinus</emphasis>
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the smallest (
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). However, these varying morphological and biometric characters are not always clear nor reliable distinction is possible.
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