Taxonomic evaluation of the "irani-schidlovskii" species complex (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in the Middle East: a morphological and genetic combination

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F22%3A00126709" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/22:00126709 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2022.07.001" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2022.07.001</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2022.07.001" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jcz.2022.07.001</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Taxonomic evaluation of the "irani-schidlovskii" species complex (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in the Middle East: a morphological and genetic combination

Original language description

Social voles of the genus Microtus consist of at least eight nominal species occurring in the Western Palearctic. Despite the significant influence of Middle Eastern Geo-climatic heterogeneity on small mammal diversification, this area remains largely unexplored. In this study, we considered mitochondrial cytochrome b phylogeny and chromosomal data to assess taxonomy and intraspecific variability within two closely related social voles, Microtus irani and Microtus schidlovskii in the Middle East. We also performed univariate and multivariate ana-lyses to elucidate the craniodental variations between the studied voles. We confirmed the close relationship of the "irani-schidlovskii" complex while providing pieces of evidence for their distinct species' status. In addition, our new material from Iran outlines a novel view on the distribution of the taxonomically obscure Iranian vole M. irani with an undescribed subspecies from Chahar-Mahal &amp; Bakhtiari Province in southwestern Iran.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Zoologischer Anzeiger

ISSN

0044-5231

e-ISSN

1873-2674

Volume of the periodical

300

Issue of the periodical within the volume

September

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

1-11

UT code for WoS article

000843344500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85133629747