Notes on the Mammals Found in Kazdağı National Park and Its Environs

Authors: NURİ YİĞİT, ALİ DEMİRSOY, AHMET KARATAŞ, ŞAKİR ÖZKURT, ERCÜMENT ÇOLAK

Abstract: The present study is based on species collected and observed in Kazdağı National Park and its surroundings. Field collections yielded 40 mammal species from 6 orders: Insectivora (4), Chiroptera (14), Lagomorpha (1), Rodentia (11), Carnivora (8), and Artiodactyla (2), Of the species recorded in this study, 6 were new records from north-west Anatolia: Sorex volnuchini, Rhinolophus hipposideros, Myotis emarginatus, Eptesicus serotinus, Hypsugo savii, and Microtus subterraneus.

Keywords: Mammalia, distribution, Kazdağı National Park, north-west Anatolia, Turkey

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