Microtus sp.

Yiğit, Nuri, Çolak, Ercüment & Sözen, Mustafa, 2016, A new species of voles, Microtus elbeyli sp. nov., from Turkey with taxonomic overview of social voles distributed in southeastern Anatolia, Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (1), pp. 73-79 : 74

Microtus sp. with 2n = 46 (Kilis Province).

We examined five specimens of M. socialis , ten of M. guentheri , three of M. irani , and fifteen of the 2n = 46 form that were previously identified as M. cfr. irani by Çolak et al. (1997).

The occlusal patterns of molar teeth were evaluated according to Niethammer and Krapp (1982). The karyotype analysis was achieved by using the conventional bone marrow technique. The external measurements were taken from fresh specimens in the field and from each skull in the laboratory with a caliper accurate to the nearest 0.05 mm. Abbreviations are as follows: TbL = total body length, TL = tail length, HfL = hindfoot length, EL = ear length, W = weight. The skins and skulls of specimens examined were deposited in the Biology Department at Ankara University.