The five-toed jerboas of genus Allactaga Cuvier, 1837 have been distributed in arid and semi-desert regions throughout northern Africa, Iranian Plateau and Central Asia to Mongolia. This genus has 12 species of which five have been so far reported from Iran including, Small Five-toed Jerboa (A. elater), William’s Jerboa (A. williamsi), Euphrate’s Jerboa (A. euphratica); Hotson’s Jerboa (A. hots...

The C-banding karyotype of the jerboas Allactaga tetradactyla, Jaculus jaculus jaculus, and Jaculus orientalis was described and interspecific relationships were discussed. Despite the conservation of a relatively small amount of C-heterochromatin located at the centromeric region of some chromosomes in all karyotypes, a striking loss of C-heterochromatin was clearly observed in J. orientalis. ...

A total of five specimens of Allactaga hotsoni were captured in Khorasan and Yazd provinces, Iran, in summer 2004 and 2005. The specimens are similar to those described previously from Baluchistan of Iran and Afghanistan. For the first time a karyological study was carried out to make a comparison with the other species. On the basis of karyological study there is not any significant difference...

a total of five specimens of allactaga hotsoni were captured in khorasan and yazd provinces, iran, in summer 2004 and 2005. the specimens are similar to those described previously from baluchistan of iran and afghanistan. for the first time a karyological study was carried out to make a comparison with the other species. on the basis of karyological study there is not any significant difference...

the genus allactaga is distributed in north africa, iran, afghanistan, southwestern syria, north turkemenistan, the middle east, central asia, and mongolia. six morphospecies have been reported from regions of iran. morphological differences among 41 specimens of a. elater, a. williamsi, a. hotsoni, a. firouzi, and a. toussi were investigated using landmark-based geometric morphometrics of the ...

samplings were done in different locations of northeastern iran and different specimens were collected during two years. the specimens belong to 26 different species attributing to 6 families: scuridae (spermophilus fulvus), cricetidae (microtus transcaspicus, microtus paradoxus, blanfordimys afghanus, chionomys nivalis, ellobius talpinus, ellobius fuscocapillus, cricetulus migratorius), calomy...