This investigation has been carried out a total of six (4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀) Nannospalax specimens collected from Tuzluca Town, Gaziler-Kazkoparan Village locality of Iğdır province-Turkey were studied karyologically. The chromosomal analysis was performed on preparations obtained from bone marrow. The data obtained from the specimens were compared with the results of the previous karyological studies. Voucher specimens (Skins and skulls) and slides have been deposited at the Dicle University, Faculty Sciences, and Department of Biology. The karyology of the specimen of the genus Nannospalax was de ned as diploid chromosome numbers were 2n = 48, fundamental chromosome arm numbers of NF = 68 and autosomal arm numbers of NFa = 64. Results showed that the only one chromosomal form of Nannospalax is living around Iğdır province. Karyological studies should be continued with more samples from Iğdır.
Coşkun, Y., 2003. A study on the morphology and karyology of Nannospalax nehringi (Satunin 1898) (Rodentia: Spalacidae) from northeast Anatolia, Turkey. Tr. Jour. of Zool., 27: 171- 176.
Coşkun, Y., Ulutürk, S., Yürümez, G., 2006. Chromosomal diver- sity in mole-rats of the species Nannospalax ehrenbergi (Ro- dentia: Spalacidae) from South Anatolia, Turkey. Mammalian Biology – Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 71 (4): 244-250.
Coşkun, Y., Kaya, A., Yürümez, G., 2009. Chromosomal forms of the Mole Rat, Nannospalax nehringi (Satunin, 1898), from the Van Lake Basin in Eastern Turkey, Zoology in the Middle East 48, 17-24.
Coşkun, Y., Ulutürk, S., Kaya, A., 2010. Karyotypes of Nannospa- lax (Palmer 1903) Populations (Rodentia: Spalacidae) From Central-Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Hystrix, It. J. Mamm. (n.s.) 21(1): 89-96.
Gromov, I.M., Baranova, G.I., 1981. Catalogue of Mammals in USSR. Nauka, Leningrad.
Gülkaç, M.D., Yüksel, E., 1989. Malatya yöresi kör fareleri (Ro- dentia: Spalacidae) üzerinde sitogenetik bir inceleme. Doğa TU Biol. D.13:(2) . 63-71.
Kıvanç, E., 1988. Türkiye Spalax’larının coğra k varyasyonları (Mammalia: Rodentia). Doktora Tezi. Ank.Üni., p. 88.
Lee, M.R., Elder, F.F., 1980. Yeast stimulation of bone marrow mitosis for cytogenetic investigations. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 26: 36-40.
Lyapunova, E.A., Vorontsov, N.N., Martynova, L.Y., 1974. Cytoge- netical Differentiation of Burrowing Mammals in the Palae- arctic. Symposium Theriologicum II Proc. 203-215.
Matthey, R., 1959. Formules chromosomiques de “Muridae” et “Spalacidae”. La question du polymorphisme chromosomique chez les mammiferes. Rev. Suisse Zool. 66: 175-207.
Mursaloğlu, B., 1979. Türkiye Spalax’larında (Mammalia: Roden tia) Sistematik Problemler. TÜBITAK VI. Bilim Kongresi pp.83-92.Ankara.
Musser, G., Carleton, M., 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In:Wilson, D.E., Reeder, D.M. (Eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, third ed. The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore, MD, pp. 894–1531.
Nevo, E., Filippucci, M.G., Redi, C., Simson, S., Heth, G., Beiles, A., 1995. Karyotype and genetic evolution in speciation of subterranean mole rats of the genus Spalax in Turkey. - Biolo- gical Journal of the Linnean Society. 54: 203-229.
Nevo, E., 1999. Mosaic Evolution of Subterranean Mammals: Reg- ression, Progression and Global Convergence. Oxford Univer- sity Press.
Pantalayev, P.A., 1998. The Rodents of the Palaearctic. Composi- tion and areas. Russian Acad. of Sci. A. N. Severtzov Inst. of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow, , pp: 116.
Savic, I., Nevo, E., 1990. The Spalacidae: Evolutionary history, speciation and population biology. [In: Evolution of subterra- nean mammals at the organismal and molecular levels. Nevo E. and Reig O. A., eds.] New York, 129-153.
Soldatovic, B., Savic, I., 1978. Karyotypes in some populations of the genus Spalax (Mesospalax) in Bulgaria and Turkey. Son- derdruck aus „Saugetierk.Mittl“BLV Verlagspesellschaft mbH München 40, 26. Jhg.,Heft 4,Seite 252-256.
Sözen, M., Çolak, E., Yiğit, N., 2000. Contribution to the karyology and taxonomy of Spalax leucodon nehringi Satunin 1898 and Spalax leucodon armeniacus Mehely, 1909 (Mammalia: Ro- dentia) in Turkey. Z. Saugetierkunde, 65: 309-312.
Topachevskii, V.A., 1969. Fauna of the USSR: Mammals Mole- Rats, Spalacidae. Vol.3 No.3: 1-308.
Wilson, D.E., Reeder, D.M., (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd Edition, the Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore.
Yüksel, E., 1984. Cytogenetic study in Spalax (Rodentia: Spalaci- dae) from Turkey. Communications Seri C: Biologie Tome 2. 1-12.
Zima, J., Kral, B., 1984. Karyotypes of European Mammals II. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Academia Scientiarum Bohemoslo- vacae Brno 18 (8):1-62.
Bu çalışmada Iğdır yöresinde Tuzluca ilçesi, Gaziler-Kazkoparan Köyü’nden toplanan altı (2 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂)
Körfare (Nannospalax) örneğinin karyolojik özellikleri araştırılmıştır. Örneklerin femurlarından alınan kemik ili-
ğinden yapılan kromozom preparatlarından karyotipleri hazırlanmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular bu türün daha önce
yapılan çalışmalardaki karyotipleriyle karşılaştırılmıştır. Örneklere ait post, baş iskeleti ve kromozom preparatları
Dicle Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Biyoloji Bölümünde korunmaktadır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda, Iğdır yöresi Nannospalax örneklerinde diploid kromozom sayısı 2n = 48; temel kromozom kol sayısı NF= 68 ve otozomal kol
sayısı NFa = 64 olarak belirlenmiştir. Sonuçlar, Iğdır yöresinde de Nannospalax cinsinin bir kromozomal formunun
yaşadığını göstermektedir. Iğdır civarında daha fazla sayıda örnek üzerinde karyolojik çalışmalar sürdürülmelidir.
Coşkun, Y., 2003. A study on the morphology and karyology of Nannospalax nehringi (Satunin 1898) (Rodentia: Spalacidae) from northeast Anatolia, Turkey. Tr. Jour. of Zool., 27: 171- 176.
Coşkun, Y., Ulutürk, S., Yürümez, G., 2006. Chromosomal diver- sity in mole-rats of the species Nannospalax ehrenbergi (Ro- dentia: Spalacidae) from South Anatolia, Turkey. Mammalian Biology – Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 71 (4): 244-250.
Coşkun, Y., Kaya, A., Yürümez, G., 2009. Chromosomal forms of the Mole Rat, Nannospalax nehringi (Satunin, 1898), from the Van Lake Basin in Eastern Turkey, Zoology in the Middle East 48, 17-24.
Coşkun, Y., Ulutürk, S., Kaya, A., 2010. Karyotypes of Nannospa- lax (Palmer 1903) Populations (Rodentia: Spalacidae) From Central-Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Hystrix, It. J. Mamm. (n.s.) 21(1): 89-96.
Gromov, I.M., Baranova, G.I., 1981. Catalogue of Mammals in USSR. Nauka, Leningrad.
Gülkaç, M.D., Yüksel, E., 1989. Malatya yöresi kör fareleri (Ro- dentia: Spalacidae) üzerinde sitogenetik bir inceleme. Doğa TU Biol. D.13:(2) . 63-71.
Kıvanç, E., 1988. Türkiye Spalax’larının coğra k varyasyonları (Mammalia: Rodentia). Doktora Tezi. Ank.Üni., p. 88.
Lee, M.R., Elder, F.F., 1980. Yeast stimulation of bone marrow mitosis for cytogenetic investigations. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 26: 36-40.
Lyapunova, E.A., Vorontsov, N.N., Martynova, L.Y., 1974. Cytoge- netical Differentiation of Burrowing Mammals in the Palae- arctic. Symposium Theriologicum II Proc. 203-215.
Matthey, R., 1959. Formules chromosomiques de “Muridae” et “Spalacidae”. La question du polymorphisme chromosomique chez les mammiferes. Rev. Suisse Zool. 66: 175-207.
Mursaloğlu, B., 1979. Türkiye Spalax’larında (Mammalia: Roden tia) Sistematik Problemler. TÜBITAK VI. Bilim Kongresi pp.83-92.Ankara.
Musser, G., Carleton, M., 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In:Wilson, D.E., Reeder, D.M. (Eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, third ed. The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore, MD, pp. 894–1531.
Nevo, E., Filippucci, M.G., Redi, C., Simson, S., Heth, G., Beiles, A., 1995. Karyotype and genetic evolution in speciation of subterranean mole rats of the genus Spalax in Turkey. - Biolo- gical Journal of the Linnean Society. 54: 203-229.
Nevo, E., 1999. Mosaic Evolution of Subterranean Mammals: Reg- ression, Progression and Global Convergence. Oxford Univer- sity Press.
Pantalayev, P.A., 1998. The Rodents of the Palaearctic. Composi- tion and areas. Russian Acad. of Sci. A. N. Severtzov Inst. of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow, , pp: 116.
Savic, I., Nevo, E., 1990. The Spalacidae: Evolutionary history, speciation and population biology. [In: Evolution of subterra- nean mammals at the organismal and molecular levels. Nevo E. and Reig O. A., eds.] New York, 129-153.
Soldatovic, B., Savic, I., 1978. Karyotypes in some populations of the genus Spalax (Mesospalax) in Bulgaria and Turkey. Son- derdruck aus „Saugetierk.Mittl“BLV Verlagspesellschaft mbH München 40, 26. Jhg.,Heft 4,Seite 252-256.
Sözen, M., Çolak, E., Yiğit, N., 2000. Contribution to the karyology and taxonomy of Spalax leucodon nehringi Satunin 1898 and Spalax leucodon armeniacus Mehely, 1909 (Mammalia: Ro- dentia) in Turkey. Z. Saugetierkunde, 65: 309-312.
Topachevskii, V.A., 1969. Fauna of the USSR: Mammals Mole- Rats, Spalacidae. Vol.3 No.3: 1-308.
Wilson, D.E., Reeder, D.M., (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd Edition, the Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore.
Yüksel, E., 1984. Cytogenetic study in Spalax (Rodentia: Spalaci- dae) from Turkey. Communications Seri C: Biologie Tome 2. 1-12.
Zima, J., Kral, B., 1984. Karyotypes of European Mammals II. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Academia Scientiarum Bohemoslo- vacae Brno 18 (8):1-62.
Coşkun Y., & Kaya, A. (2013). Karyological Peculiarities of Mole Rats (Nannospalax) (Rodentia: Spalacidae) From Iğdır Province. Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology, 3(2), 119-121.
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Coşkun Y, Kaya A. Karyological Peculiarities of Mole Rats (Nannospalax) (Rodentia: Spalacidae) From Iğdır Province. J. Inst. Sci. and Tech. 2013;3(2):119-21.