Taxonomic identity of Microtus qazvinensis Golenishchev et al. 2003 (Rodentia, Arvicolinae) from the northwest of Iran

• Published in: Mammal research Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 71 - 79
• Main Authors: Mahmoudi, Ahmad, Darvish, Jamshid, Aliabadian, Mansour
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 2015; Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Subjects: Animal Ecology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management; Life Sciences; Original Paper; Zoology; Iran; Turkey (country); Iran; Social voles; Phylogeny

The Qazvin vole Microtus qazvinensis, an endemic species of Iran, shows an obvious similarity in both morphological and karyological traits to other members of the “guentheri” species group. Such similarities challenge the species status of this taxon. In this study, the relationships of social vole...