In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Society of Physiology and Pharmacology

Document Type : Article

Authors

Assistant Professor, Departement of Biology, Marand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran

Abstract


The rodents order is the largest class of mammalians; and they are very important in the medicine and agriculture. During of faunistic study on rodent order (Order: Rodent) in Marand region        (East Azerbaijan province), North west of Iran, from 2012 to 2015, 6 Species collected and diagnostic. In this research, species were collected from the mountains, farms, villages and houses by traps and poisonous baits. The rodents recognized in Marand region are: 1- Mus musculus,
2- Ellobius fuscocapillus, 3- Microtus socialis,
4- Apodemus sylvaticus, 5- Meriones persicus,
6- Cricetulus migratorius. Their figure and a simple diagnostic key are provided to determin of them in this region.

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