Phylogeography of Terricola Voles in the Caucasus and Eastern Anatolia, with a New Southernmost Record of Microtus daghestanicus (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Arvicolinae)

• Date: 2026
• Author Affiliations: K. K. Kalkan — Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Türkiye; O. Çetintaş — Wildlife Research Institute, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Türkiye; F. Çolak — Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Türkiye; A. Yanchukov — Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Türkiye; M. Sözen — Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Türkiye
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• Main Authors: Kalkan , K. K., Çetintaş , O., Çolak , F., Yanchukov , A., Sözen , M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2026
• Online Access: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/926
• Journal Title: Zoodiversity

Microtus daghestanicus (Shidlovskiy, 1919), one of the least studied members of the subgenus Terricola “subterraneus" species group, remains poorly understood with respect to its phylogeography and genetic structure. Here, we reevaluated its evolutionary relationships, genetic diversity and...