Karyotype of Clethrionomys glareolus (Schreber, 1780) (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Turkey

Authors: Ercüment ÇOLAK, Nuri YİĞİT, Şakir ÖZKURT, Mustafa SÖZEN

Abstract: Twelve specimens of Clethrionomys glareolus (Schreber, 1780) collected from Abant (Bolu), Kandira (Kocaeli) and Uludag (Bursa) are compared with respect to karyotype and baculum aspects. The diploid chromosome number of C. glareolus was 2n=56, the number of autosomal arms was NFa=56, the total number of chromosome arms was NF = 60, the X chromosome was a large acrocentric, and the Y chromosome was metacentric. One pair of autosomes was small metacentric and the remainders were acrocentric.

Keywords: Clethrionomys glareolus, Karyotype, Baculum. Anahtar Sözcükler: Clethrionomys glareolus, Karyotip, Baculum.