Family Muridae consists of eight genera and 28 species in Iran. This family shows

notable variability of karyological features. In this study, karyological data derived from

11 species of 7 genera of this family of Iran are presented...

Jirds are very widespread in desert and semi descxt

of rodents including Muridae, Dipodidae, Cricetidae, Sciuridae and Calomysidae, respectively. Although it is evident that dental morphology is a valuable tool to recognition the most genera, it is not enough for the specific identification in some cases...

Iran. In addition, all specimens of the Zoology Museum of

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (ZMFUM) attributed to the region were denoted. The

study shows that the specimens belong to 18 nominal forms attributing to 5 families:

Muridae...

The Indian Jird, Meriones hurrianae, is unusual among the family Gerbillidae in not being from desert or

sub-desert habitats, and in its ability to endure cold weather. Therefore, the distribution range of ...

Jirds (genus Meriones) comprise a group of rodents, of which the biodiversity is still poorly known. Reason for this is that several species of similar morphologies are known to occur sympatrically. In the north-west of ...

Jirds (genus Meriones) are a diverse group of rodents, with a wide distribution range in Iran.

Sundevall’s jird (Meriones crassus Sundevall, 1842) is one such species that shows a disjunct distribution,

found ...

Three subspecies of Mus musculus have been recognized in Iran so far. The house mouse (genus0T 0T2TMus2T, species0T 0T2TMus musculus2T) are recognized for their highly conserved morphology and chromosomal structure, but ...

The existence of cryptic species in the midday jird (Meriones meridianus) has been suggested in literature, although based on little empirical data to support this hypothesis. In this study, a two-dimensional landmark-based ...

Morphological and morphometric analyses of dental and cranial characters in apodemus hyrcanicus and a. Witherbyi (rodentia: Muridae)form Iran...