Nuri YİĞİT, Ali DEMİRSOY, Ahmet KARATAŞ, Şakir ÖZKURT, Ercüment ÇOLAK

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

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.

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

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

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

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