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Jamshid Darvish

  • Biodiversity Journal, 5 (4): 475–480

    Zeinolabedin Mohammadi, Jamshid Darvish, Fatemeh Ghorbani & Ehsan Mostafavi
    First record of the Caucasus field mouse Apodemus ponticus Sviridenko, 1936 (Rodentia Muridae) from Iran

    ABSTRACT
    This study is the first record of six specimens of Apodemus ponticus Sviridenko, 1936 (Rodentia Muridae) from the Zagros Mountains, north western Iran. Four external features besides 13 linear measurements of the skull and 14 dental characters were measured. This species was identified by its extensive and well-marked boundary throat spot. In addition, A. ponticus shows morphometric characters including head and body length (mean= 90.86±2.54), length of bullae (mean = 6.34±0.11), breadth of bullae (mean = 4.77±0.12) and dental characters consisting of maxillary tooth row (mean = 3.85±0.06) and mandibular tooth row (mean = 3.90±0.05) which are different from the sympatric species A. witherbyi Thomas, 1902. Based on our results, the distributional range of A. ponticus extends to oak forests of the Zagros Mountains, west Iran which is considered to be the easternmost boundary of its range.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 16 (4): 571-578

    Asghar Khajeh, Roohollah Siahsarvie & Jamshid Darvish
    Taxonomic study of the House Mouse subspecies (Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758) at southestern Iran with emphasis on the Jaz Murian depression based on geometric morphometric methods
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2025.16.4.571.578

    ABSTRACT
    House Mouse (Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammalia Rodentia) is a polytypic species which 3-5 main subspecies have been reported so far in Iran. Regarding the high degree of diversity of this species in Iran, comprehensive investigation of the taxonomic situation of House Mouse subspecies from penetrating locality to Iran, namely southeast of Iran, is of prior importance. The Jaz Murian depression having special conditions of biogeography is the best candidate for further investigation of the taxonomic situation of House Mouse subspecies. Hence, according to this study, 370 house mice specimens from Iran and Afghanistan were analiyzed for geometric morphometric analysis of dorsal surface of skull. The result of geometric morphometric shows the Jaz Murian depression populations with high diversity of shape skull are located between M. musculus musculus in northeast Iran and M. musculus bactrianus in southeast Iran with more tendency towards M. musculus musculus in northeast Iran.