genus meriones is the dominant member of gerbils in the palaearctic region, particularly in aride region of asia. this is also one of the most typical genus of subfamily gerbillinae with about 17 morphospecies namely: m. persicus, m. hurrianae, m. zarudnyi m. vinogradovi, m. meridianus, m. libycus, m. crassus, m. tristrami, m. rex, m. tamariscinus, m. unguiculatus, m. shawi, m. grandis, m. sacr...

abstract rodent have global spread and include the largest order of mammals that their broad range of adaptation is extensive. so far don’t perform a study on rodent fauna of ferdows county. therefore, the aim of this study is to identify this part of the vertebrates in this area. in this regard in order to identification and biosystematics survey of rodent fauna from winter 2014 to june 2014 i...

Objectives Astrodaucus persicus (Apiaceae) is one of the two species of this genus which grows in different parts of Iran. Roots of this plant were rich in benzodioxoles and used as food additive or salad in Iran and near countries. The aim of present study was evaluation of antimalarial and cytotoxic effects of different fractions of A. persicus fruits and roots extracts. Materials and Metho...

five subspecies of the persian jird, meriones persicus, were reported from iran. these subspecies were described based on morphological characters and coat colors of few specimens. the question of the validity of these subspecies and their geographic distribution is raised. in this study, we combined genetic markers (cox1, cytb and irbp genes), morphometric (external and skull measurments), mor...

b a ckground: zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) is endemic in many parts of iran. recently its incidence isconsiderable in different parts of jahrom district, in fars province, southern iran. the aims of our study were to in- vestigate the prevalence of leishmania infection, and identify and characterize the   leishmania species present, among the rodents by molecular methods in a new ende...

BACKGROUND Rodents play an important role as reservoir of some pathogens, and the host of some ectoparasites as well. These ectoparasites can transmit rodents' pathogens to human or animals. The aim of this study was to assess the distribution and infestation load of ectoparasites on rodents in Meshkin-Shahr District, northwestern Iran. METHODS Rodents were captured using baited live traps in...

this study investigates skull variation in persian jird, meriones persicus (blanford, 1875) in relation to the geoclimatical conditions across its distribution range. the pattern of correlations between geoclimatical variables and geometric shape descriptors for 221 ventral crania was studied by landmark-based geometric morphometric techniques. the covariation between shape and geoclimatical va...