/

Small mammals species are found based on the type of habitat and evolutionary past in particular areas. For this reason, specific field studies are required to understand the biodiversity of each region. The central Zagros ...

While the house mouse is one of the major model in genetic engineering for scientific research, it is also a good candidate to understand evolutionary features. Yet, still few is known concerning how skull and teeth shape ...

Iranian plateau is located in the southern margin of genus Allactaga distribiution and so far 5 species have been identified for Iran. Most of the eastern half of the Iranian plateau includes deserts and open plains which ...

Rodents are reservoirs and hosts for many zoonotic infections. Rapid development of industry and agriculture as well as global climate change in, have led to change or increase in occurrence of rodent-borne infections. ...

The libyian Jird, Meriones libycus, is one of the most widespread species of Rodents and distributed in Africa and Asia, namely, Western Sahara, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, south of Tunisia, Libya, an isolated distribution ...

Morphological differences of mandible among four populations of genus Microtus belonging to three species from Iran (M. socialis from northwestern Iran, M. paradoxus from Kopet-Dag mountains, M. paradoxus from Binaloud ...