Taxonomic revision of the Levant moles of Turkey (Mammalia: Talpidae)

KEFELİOĞLU H., Kryštufek B., Selçuk A. Y., Hutterer R., Astrin J. J.

Bonn Zoological Bulletin, cilt.69, sa.2, ss.275-291, 2021 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 69 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.20363/bzb-2020.69.2.275
  • Dergi Adı: Bonn Zoological Bulletin
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, BIOSIS, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.275-291
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cytochrome b, Molecular taxonomy, Morphology, Phylogeography, Subspecies, Talpa levantis, Talpa martinorum
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper examines the distribution and the morphological and genetic variation of Talpa levantis. Previous records from Thrace were re-identified as Talpa martinorum, restricting the range of Talpa levantis to northern Asia Minor and the Caucasus in Georgia, Armenia and Russia. Within Talpa levantis, we found three moderately distinct populations in western, central, and eastern Turkey. While the central one is T. l. levantis and the eastern one T. l. transcaucasica, the western subspecies had not been recognized before and is therefore named as a new subspecies.