04 Ara 2024 Çarşamba
A new subspecies of Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1758 (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) from southeastern Turkey: Lepus europaeus mursalogluae ssp. nov.
Abstract :In this study, the specimens of the hare with yellowish fur
colour from southeastern Turkey were determined to be a new subspecies, Lepus europaeus mursalogluae ssp. nov.
Existence of new subspecies in that region was
defined with occipitonasal length and habitat characteristic of six hare
specimens were obtained from Elbeyli near Kilis, Viranşehir near Şanlıurfa, and Belen near
Hatay in this study as well as phylogenetic and geographical picture, uniform
fur colour pattern, and relatively differentiated chromosome structure
previously recorded by various researchers for the group
Leporidae, Lepus
europaeus mursalogluae ssp. nov., Turkey