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Cranial Features and Karyotypes of Two Hedgehogs (Insectivora: Erinaceidae) from Iran
Author(s) -
Karataş A.,
Mouradi Gharkheloo M.,
Kankiliç T.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
anatomia, histologia, embryologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1439-0264
pISSN - 0340-2096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2007.00793.x
Subject(s) - insectivora , phallus (fungus) , karyotype , erinaceus , biology , ploidy , zoology , anatomy , chromosome , genetics , male genitalia , hedgehog , gene
Summary Karyological features of Erinaceus concolor and Hemiechinus auritus were studied from Zenjan (North Iran). The diploid number of chromosomes (2 n ), the total numbers of chromosomal arms (NF) and the numbers of autosomal arms (NFa) were determined as 2 n = 48, NF = 92, NFa = 88 for E. concolor and as 2 n = 50, NF = 98, NFa = 94 for H. auritus . Although the same dental formulae were established as 3.1.3.3/2.1.2.3 = 36 for both of species, they can be identified with some dental and cranial features from each other. Additionally, phallus of E. concolor was described.