first record of zarudny’s jird, meriones zarudnyi heptner, 1937 (rodentia: muridae) in shirvan, northeast iran

The first record of Truncatella angustata from Chamaecyparis lawsoniana trees in the northeast of Iran

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------      

(Rodentia: Muridae) from Peninsular Malaysia

There are 25 species of rats and mice (familly Muridae) in peninsular Malaysia (Medway 1978). Of these the karyotypes of 19 species have been described (Yong 1968, 1969 and 1973). The chromosomes of the other 6 species found in this country have, however, not been reported. Of these 6 species, the chromosomes of Hapalomys and Pithecheir have also not been reported from other countries. The pres...

a study of geographical changes of bullae characteristic in genus meriones (rodentia, muridae) using outline method

the characteristics of tympanic bullae have adaptation value. based on the recent studies in the genus meriones; meatus is the only part of tympanic bullae which has a taxonomic value. in this study, we examined interspecific changes of tympanic bullae in three species of this genus and also the relation of these changes to the climatic conditions of the regions was studied in two species. thre...

patterns of skull shape variation in meriones persicus (rodentia: muridae) in relation to geoclimatical conditions

this study investigates skull variation in persian jird, meriones persicus (blanford, 1875) in relation to the geoclimatical conditions across its distribution range. the pattern of correlations between geoclimatical variables and geometric shape descriptors for 221 ventral crania was studied by landmark-based geometric morphometric techniques. the covariation between shape and geoclimatical va...

Mus Terricolor (rodentia, Muridae) Complex: Chromosomal Polymorphism

Mus terricolor chromosomal types I, II, III from different places of India were cytogenetically analyzed. Chromosome types II and III showed polymorphic pericentric inversions of autosomes 2 and 5 present in homozygous or heterozygous condition in the populations. Moreover, besides fixed heterochromatic arms on autosomes 1, 3, and 6; the autosome 8 in terricolor type III showed a large heteroch...

First natural helminth infection in the Mongolian gerbil Meriones unguiculatus (Rodentia, Muridae), parasitized with Dentostomella translucida (Nematoda, Heteroxynematidae) in the neotropical region.