Balkan snow vole
D. b. bogdanovi D. b. coeruleus D. b. grebenscikovi D. b. korabensis D. b. longipedis D. b. marakovici D. b. preniensis D. b. trebevicensis The Balkan snow vole (Dinaromys bogdanovi), also known as Martino's snow vole, is the only living member of the genus Dinaromys.[2] The Balkan snow vole is a living fossil, the only living species in the tribe Pliomyini, and might arguably better be placed in Pliomys, a genus established for its fossil relatives even before the Balkan snow vole was scientifically described.[3] Others have argued that Pliomys (whose last representative, P. lenki, only became extinct around 12,000 years ago) should be treated as entirely separate from Dinaromys, with Dinaromys and P. lenki estimated to have genetically diverged around 4 million years ago based on ancient DNA sequences.[5] A 2021 study found Dinaromys (and by extension, the rest of Pliomyini) to be the sister group to the tribe Ellobiusini, from which it diverged during the late Miocene; however, this still remains uncertain.[6] The subspecies D. d. longipedis was recognized as a distinct species by the American Society of Mammalogists as Dinaromys longipedis; it is found in the northwestern part of this species's range.