Karyological and Some Biological Features of the Microtus levis (Miller, 1908) (Mammalia: Rodentia) at the Eleven New Localities on Taurus, West Mediterranean Region in Turkey

Abstract

Additional records for Microtus levis (Miller, 1908), which were trapped from the eleven localities; Seki, Yazır, Korkuteli, Bozova, Kızılkaya, Kozan, Kocaaliler, Bozdoğan, Gebiz, Kasımlar and Derebucak on North and South of the Taurus, West Mediterranean Region of Turkey, is reported along with their morphological measurements and karyological features and some ecological characteristics of the localities. These are the first records for M. levis from these eleven localities. Therefore the species distributional range is extended to the South-Western of Mediterranean Region of Turkey into the Taurus Mountains