A new species of mole rat, nannospalax munzuri sp. N., and the karyotype of nannospalax tuncelicus (coşkun, 1996) (rodentia: Spalacidae) in Eastern Anatolia

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 153-162

  Coşkun, Yüksel ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Karyotype; Morphology; Nannospalax munzuri sp.n; Nannospalax tuncelicus; Rodentia; Spalacidae; Turkey

Indexed keywords

KARYOTYPE; NEW SPECIES; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

ANATOLIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; NANNOSPALAX; RODENTIA; SPALACINAE;

EID: 11044221813     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2004.10638074     Document Type: Article

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