TY - JOUR ID - 24690 TI - New Records of the Afghan Vole, Blanfordimys afghanus (Rodentia: Arvicolinae) from North-East of Khorassan, Iran JO - Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics JA - IJAB LA - en SN - 1735-434X AU - Siahsarvie, Roohollah AU - Rajabi, Reza AU - Darvish, Jamshid AD - Rodentology Research Department, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University, 91775-1436, Mashhad, Iran Y1 - 2005 PY - 2005 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 29 EP - 44 KW - Arvicolinae KW - Binaloud Mountains KW - Blanfordimys afghanus KW - Iran KW - Kopet-dag Mountains KW - Tandoureh National Park DO - 10.22067/ijab.v1i1.36736 N2 - The Afghan vole had not been reported from north-eastern Iran until for the first time its presence was confirmed by examining the pellets of predatory birds from Dargaz, Kalat, Sarakhs and the vicinity of Mashhad through studying the molar teeth. By further sampling, colonies of this species were found in the periphery of Tandoureh National Park in the Kopet-dag Mountains and also in alpine region of Zoshk near Mashhad in the Binaloud Mountains. UR - https://ijab.um.ac.ir/article_24690.html L1 - https://ijab.um.ac.ir/article_24690_6a826db72439ff1335ca283c351bdaf4.pdf ER -