University of Tehran Press Progress in Biological Sciences 1016-1058 2 1 2012 03 01 A Karyological Study of Some Murid Rodents (Rodentia: Muridae) of Iran A Karyological Study of Some Murid Rodents (Rodentia: Muridae) of Iran 30 39 24822 10.22059/pbs.2012.24822 EN Zeinolabedin Mohammadi Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Jamshid Darvish Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Farhangh Haddad Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Fatemeh Ghorbani Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Journal Article 1970 01 01 Family Muridae consists of eight genera and 28 species in Iran. This family shows notable variability of karyological features. In this study, karyological data derived from 11 species of 7 genera of this family of Iran are presented and compared with previously published accounts. The included species were: Mus musculus musculus from Gonbad (2n=40, FN=40) and Birjand (2n=40, FN=38), Rattus norvegicus (2n=42), Apodemus uralensis (2n=48), Apodemus avicennicus (2n=48), Apodemus hyrcanicus (2n=48), Apodemus witherbyi (2n=48) from Zanjan and Gorgan, Nesokia indica (2n=42), Meriones libycus (2n=44), Meriones persicus (2n=44), Meriones crassus from Kashmar (2n=54) and Tabas (2n=60), Tatera indica from Zabul (2n=68) and Hoveyzeh (2n=66) and Rhombomys opimus (2n=40). https://pbiosci.ut.ac.ir/article_24822_56dda92711d382148c0a4343e86126bf.pdf