A karyological study on subterranean mole rats of the Spalax leucodon Nordmann, 1840 superspecies in Turkey

Karyological studies of the 2n= 60 cytotype ofNannospalax nehringifrom Central Anatolia

“…However, the exact distributional areas of these chromosomal forms are still not known. New cytotypes are being discovered continuously with as more specimens are examined in Turkey (Nevo et al 1995;Sözen 2004;Sözen et al 2006).…”

Morphological and biometrical comparisons of the baculum in the genus Nannospalax Palmer, 1903 (Rodentia: Spalacidae) from Turkey with consideration of its taxonomic importance

“…When fundamental numbers of chromosomal arms are considered along with the diploid chromosome numbers, the numbers of chromosomal races is approximately 25 (Sözen andKıvanç, 1998a, 1998b;Coşkun, 1999Coşkun, , 2003Sözen, 2004;Sözen et al, 2006;Kankılıç et al, 2005Kankılıç et al, , 2006Kankılıç et al, , 2007Kankılıç et al, , 2010Matur et al, 2013;Sözen et al, 2013). According to a study based on allozyme and karyology performed by Nevo et al (1995), it has been suggested that representative blind mole rats of each chromosomal race may be a distinct species, and therefore approximately 20 blind mole rat species are present in Turkey.…”

Revised classification design of the Anatolian species of Nannospalax (Rodentia: Spalacidae) using RFLP analysis

“…leucodon has the broadest distribution in the Balkans and Thrace. N. leucodon has 30 cytotypes with diploid chromosome numbers and fundamental numbers of chromosomal arms in ranges of 2n = 46-58 and NFa = 72-94 (Savic and Nevo, 1990;Sözen, 2004). These species have just 2 cytotypes in Thrace: 2n = 56, NFa = 72 in Gelibolu-Eceabat (Sözen, 2004) and 2n = 56, NFa = 74 in the remaining part of Thrace (Sözen et al, 2006a).…”

“…Karyotypic data of genus Nannospalax showed that 3 cytotypes (2n = 36, 38, and 40) are unique among the mole rats of Nannospalax and were solely reported from western Anatolia (Nevo et al, 1995(Nevo et al, , 2001Ivanitskaya et al, 1997;Sözen and Kıvanç, 1998;Sözen, 2004;Matur and Sözen, 2005;Sözen et al, 2006aSözen et al, , 2006bSözen et al, , 2011Kankılıç et al, 2007aKankılıç et al, , 2007bKankılıç et al, , 2009Kankılıç et al, , 2010Matur et al, 2011).…”

“…A total of 28 different cytotypes, diploid chromosome numbers, and fundamental numbers of chromosomal arms in ranges of 2n = 36-62 and NFa = 64-84 are present in N. xanthodon, which is distributed largely in Anatolia (Nevo et al, 1995;Ivanitskaya et al, 1997;Sözen and Kıvanç, 1998;Sözen, 2004;Sözen et al, 2006b;Kankılıç et al, 2007aKankılıç et al, , 2007bKankılıç et al, , 2009Kankılıç et al, , 2010Matur et al, 2013;.…”