Cytotypes of Nannospalax xanthodon (Satunin, 1898) (Rodentia: Spalacidae) from western Anatolia

Authors : Mustafa SÖZEN, Faruk ÇOLAK, Murat SEVİNDİK, Ferhat MATUR

Pages : 462-469

Doi:10.3906/sag-1211-67

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :We performed this study on the subterranean mole rat Nannospalax xanthodon insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Nehring, 1898); in western Turkey and we analyzed karyotypes of 121 specimens from 54 localities. We determined that N. xanthodon has 2n = 36, NF = 70; 2n = 38, NF = 74; 2n = 40, NF = 72; 2n = 50, NF = 70; 2n = 50, NF = 74; 2n = 52, NF = 70; 2n = 56, NF = 72; and 6 different cytotypes of 2n = 60, NF = 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84 in the specimens analyzed from western Turkey. We filled most of the karyological gaps in western Anatolia and documented distributional areas of cytotypes.
Keywords : Key words Rodentia, Spalacidae, blind mole rats, karyotype, Turkey