hittite j sci eng Hittite Journal of Science and Engineering 2148-4171 Hitit University 10.17350/HJSE19030000138 Taxonomic Status of Water vole, Arvicola amphibius Linneaus, 1758 in Western Anatolia Gozcelioglu Bulent The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Turkey Helvaci Zeycan Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letter, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey Colak Ercument Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey 06 30 2019 6 2 131 136 Copyright © 2014, Hittite Journal of Science and Engineering 2014 Hittite Journal of Science and Engineering

A total of 116 specimens of the genus Arvicola were collected from western part of Turkey Western part of Anatolia and Turkish Thrace and examined based on geometric morphometrics and traditional morphometrics. Morphometrical analyses showed that A. amphibius populations in western part of Turkey are highly differentiated as Anatolian and Thrace populations. Depend on morphometrical differentiation, we conclude that these two populations, classified within two subspecies; Arvicola amphibius persicus and Arvicola amphibius cerncavskii respectively.

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