Article Title

Investigations on Reproduction Biology of Mesocricetus brandti (Nehring, 1898) (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Turkey

Authors

Nuri YİĞİT
Ercüment ÇOLAK
Erkut KIVANÇ
Mustafa SÖZEN

DOI

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Abstract

In this study, reproduction biology of Mesocricetus brandti was investigated based on field and laboratory observations. It was determined that the duration of pregnancy lasted at 14-15th days, the avarage of birth weight is 2.6 g, young opened their eyes at 14-15th days and weaned at 30-40th days, reproduction of this species takes place from late March to mid of summer.

Keywords

Mesocricetus brandti, biology.

First Page

343

Last Page

348

Recommended Citation

YİĞİT, Nuri; ÇOLAK, Ercüment; KIVANÇ, Erkut; and SÖZEN, Mustafa (1997) "Investigations on Reproduction Biology of Mesocricetus brandti (Nehring, 1898) (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 21: No. 3, Article 16. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol21/iss3/16