Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Caucasian mole Talpa caucasica — a new mammal for Iran

  • Short communication
  • Published:
Mammalian Biology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Doğramaci, S. (1989): The importance of the pelvis in distinguishing of Turkish Talpa (Mammalia: Insectivora) species. Doga TU Zooloji D. 13, 67–76.

    Google Scholar 

  • Etemad, E. (1980): Mammals of Iran. Vol. 3. Chiroptera and Insectivora. Tehran: Department of Environment.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hutterer, R. (1993): Order Insectivora. In: Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic evidence. 2nd ed. Ed. by D. E. Wilson and D.-A. M. Reeder. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. Pp. 69–130.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kefelioğlu, H.; Gençoğlu, S. (1996): The taxonomy and distribution of Talpa (Mammalia: Insectivora) in the Black Sea region. Tr. J. Zool. 20, 57–66.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kryštufek, B. (2001): The distribution of the Levant mole Talpa levantis. Zoology in the Middle East. 23, 17–21.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kryštufek, B.; Spitzenberger, E.; Kefelioğlu, H. (2001): Description, taxonomy and distribution of Talpa davidiana. Mamm. biol. 66, 1–9.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lay, D. M. (1967): A study of the mammals of Iran resulting from the Street expedition of 1962-63. Fieldiana: Zoology 54, 1–282.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lemen, C. L. (1983): The effectiveness of methods of shape analysis. Fieldiana Zool. 15, 1–17.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sokolov, V. E.; Tembotov, A. K. (1989): Pozvonochnije Kavkaza. Mlekopitajuschije. Nasekomojadnije. Moskva: Nauka.

    Google Scholar 

  • Steiner, H. A.; Geisler, J. (1994): On a collection of bats (Chiroptera) from NE Turkey and Iran. Acta Sc. Nat. Brno 28, 1–37.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zaitsev, M. V. (1999): Problems of diagnostics and systematics in moles (Insectivora, Talpidae, Talpa) from the Caucasus. Zool. Zhurnal 78, 718–731. (In Russian with English summary).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Slovenian Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 290, SI-1001, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    B. Kryštufek

  2. Department of Zoology, National Museum (Natural History), Václavské némestí 68, CZ-11579, Praha 1, Czech Republic

    P. Benda

Authors
  1. B. Kryštufek
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. P. Benda
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to B. Kryštufek.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Kryštufek, B., Benda, P. The Caucasian mole Talpa caucasica — a new mammal for Iran. Mamm Biol 67, 113–116 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1078/1616-5047-00016

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1078/1616-5047-00016

Keywords

Search

Navigation