Two new locality records extend the distribution of Microtus anatolicus Krystufek and Kefelioglu, 2002 (Mammalia: Rodentia) into Antalya Province in Turkey

Yavuz M., ÖZ M., Albayrak I.

NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, cilt.5, sa.2, ss.364-369, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Dergi Adı: NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.364-369
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Microtus anatolicus, Anatolian vole, new localities, distribution, Antalya
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Additional records for Microtus anatolicus Krystufek and Kefelioglu, 2002 which were trapped from the two localities; Bozdogan and Kozan in Antalya Province, is reported along with their morphological measurements and karyological features and some ecological characteristics of the localities. These are the first records for M. anatolicus from these two localities, the first records from Antalya Province. Therefore the species distributional range is extended to the south of Central Mediterranean Region of Turkey into the Taurus Mountains.