Turkish Journal of Zoology
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.
DOI
10.3906/zoo-1108-25
Keywords
Rodentia, Spalacidae, blind mole rats, karyotype, Turkey
First Page
462
Last Page
469
Recommended Citation
SÖZEN, M, ÇOLAK, F, SEVİNDİK, M, & MATUR, F (2013). Cytotypes of Nannospalax xanthodon (Satunin, 1898) (Rodentia: Spalacidae) from western Anatolia. Turkish Journal of Zoology 37 (4): 462-469. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1108-25
