Integrative studies of<i> Microtus</i><i> hartingi</i> and<i> Microtus</i><i> guentheri</i> (Cricetidae, Arvicolinae) and taxonomic problem of<i> Microtus</i><i> elbeyli</i>

Selcuk A. Y., Kaya A., Kefelioğlu H.

ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, pp.131-144, 2024 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2024
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jcz.2024.07.002
  • Journal Name: ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.131-144
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this study, Taxonomic differences between Microtus guentheri and Microtus hartingi, which are similar in terms of external morphological features, were determined using linear morphometric, geometric morphometric, karyological and molecular analyses methods. Through classical morphometric (mean values) and geometric morphometric analyses of craniodental and mandible characters, influenced by various genetic, developmental, and functional processes, it was found that M. hartingi and M. guentheri exhibited notable differences in both mean linear measurements and shape. The Jackknife in classical morphometric analyses of samples, which underwent molecular and karyological species diagnoses, was higher than 88 % for each character. In geometric morphometric analyses, the Procrustes distance for shape follows the order Ventral < Dorsal < Mandible < M3