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

• Datum: 2026
• Hauptverfasser: Kalkan , K. K., Çetintaş , O., Çolak , F., Yanchukov , A., Sözen , M.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2026
• Online Zugang: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/926
• Назва журналу: 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...