G-banding karyotypes of Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) and Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857) (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Turkey

Authors

NURSEL AŞAN
İRFAN ALBAYRAK
TARKAN YORULMAZ
SİNAN İNCİ

Abstract

This study is based on the G-banding karyotype of 2 sibling bat species Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) (Greater Mouse-eared Myotis) and M. blythii (Tomes, 1857) (Lesser Mouse-eared Myotis) distributed in Turkey. G-banding karyotypes showed that the 2 taxa possessed identical G-banded chromosome arms. It was concluded that G-banded chromosomes are not sufficient as a diagnostic character for separating M. myotis from M. blythii.

DOI

10.3906/zoo-0807-22

Keywords

Myotis myotis, Myotis blythii, G-banding, Turkey

First Page

599

Last Page

602

Recommended Citation

AŞAN, N, ALBAYRAK, İ, YORULMAZ, T, & İNCİ, S (2011). G-banding karyotypes of Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) and Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857) (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 35 (4): 599-602. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0807-22