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

Authors

MUSTAFA SÖZEN
FARUK ÇOLAK
MURAT SEVİNDİK
FERHAT MATUR

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1108-25

Abstract

We performed this study on the subterranean mole rat Nannospalax xanthodon (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

Rodentia, Spalacidae, blind mole rats, karyotype, Turkey

First Page

462

Last Page

469

Recommended Citation

SÖZEN, MUSTAFA; ÇOLAK, FARUK; SEVİNDİK, MURAT; and MATUR, FERHAT (2013) "Cytotypes of Nannospalax xanthodon (Satunin, 1898) (Rodentia: Spalacidae) from western Anatolia," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 37: No. 4, Article 11. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1108-25
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol37/iss4/11