Bu çal›flmada ‹ran'›n bat›, merkez, do¤u ve güneydo¤u bölgelerinden toplanan 180 adet Ellobius örne¤i morfolojik, biyometrik ve karyolojik olarak araflt›r›ld›. Elde edilen bulgulara göre ‹ran'da üç tür; Ellobius fuscocapillus, Ellobius lutescens ve Ellobius talpinus, yay›l›fl göstermektedir. Karyolojik bulgular, E. fuscocapillus'ta 2n = 36 (NF = 58, NFa = 54), E. lutescens'te 2n = 17 (NF = 34, NFa = 32), E. talpinus'ta 2n = 52 (NF = 54, NFa = 50) oldu¤unu teyit etti

In this study, 180 mole-vole specimens collected from west, central, east and southeast Iran were investigated by morphological, biometrical and karyological methods. According to our findings, 3 different species, Ellobius fuscocapillus, Ellobius lutescens and Ellobius talpinus, are distributed in Iran. Karyological findings showed that E. fuscocapillus has 2n = 36 (NF = 58, NFa = 54), E. lutescens has 2n = 17 (NF = 34, NFa = 32) and E. talpinus has 2n = 52 (NF = 54, NFa = 50) chromosomes.