Abstract
We report on a collection of small mammals made during a zoological survey of the southeastern deserts and adjoining areas of Iran in the months of June and July, 1999. Two new distribution records marking a range extension for the genus Calomyscus are provided. Analyses of a partial sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b (mtDNA cyt-b) region supports the recognition of the Long-eared Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus megalotis as a subspecies of H. auritus while providing little resolution in the investigation of the relationships among three genera within the subfamily Erinaceinae. This is the first study to use mtDNA sequence data in a systematic review of these Iranian specimens.
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