Folia Historico-Naturalia Musei Matraensis - A Mátra Múzeum Természetrajzi Közleményei 18. (1994)

Hír J.: Cricetulus migratorius (PALLAS 1773) (Rodentia, Mammalia) population from the Toros Mountains (Turkey) (With a special reference to the relation of Cricetulus and Allocricetus genera)

FOLIA HISTORICO NATURALIA MUSEI MATRAENSIS 1993 18: 17-34 Cricetulus migratorius (PALLAS 1773) (Rodentia, Mammalia) population from the Toros Mountains (Turkey) (With a special reference to the relation of Cricetulus and AUocricetus genera)* HÍR JÁNOS ABSTRACT: The results of the metrical and morphological investigations are presented on a Holocene Turkish Cricetulus migratorius molar series with the comparision to a recent Syrian Cricetulus population and to Hungarian Plio-Pleistocene AUocricetus materials. Introduction This article is the 3rd one in the row of papers on a subfossil microvertebrate fauna collected by the author in the Bolkar Mountains in 1989. THe topography of the locality, the preliminary valuation of the fauna, and the detailed analysis of the Mesocricetus auratus (WATERHOUSE 1839) molar series was given by Hír, J. (1992 a, 1992 b). The present article's aim in the first place is to publish the metrical and morophological description of the Cricetulus migratorius molar series. The other aim is to give new data for the taxonomic relation of the recent Cricitulus and fossil AUocricetus genera, because it is an unsolved problème. The material 13 maxillae with complette too thro wes, 19 maxillae fragments with incomplette toothrowes, 15 Ml, 9 M2, 5 M3. 18 mandibulae with complette toothrowes, 17 mandibulae fragments with incomplette toothrowes, 22 ml, 17 m2, 10 m3. We use the results of the elaboration of the folowing materials for comparision: Cricetulus magratorius (PALLAS, 1773) 1. Krak des Chevaliers (Syria), recent (PRADEL, A. 1981). We have not studied this material directly. The data are after the original reference. AUocricetus bursae SCHAUB, 1930 1. Pongor Hole (Hungary), Younger Middle Pleistocene. The material was collected and studied by HIR, J. 1989a. 2. Tarkő Rocksheiter (Hungary), Older Middle Pleistocene. The fauna was collected and published by JÁNOSSY, D. (1962, 1965, 1979, 1986). The detailed analysis of the AUocricetus material of the sequence was effected by Hír J. (1989b). 18 layers were distinguished during the excavation we grouped the AUocricetus material of the sequence into 5 part: 1. 1th layer, 2. 2nd-10th layers, 3. llth-12th layers, 4. 13th-15th layers, 5. 16th-18th layers. * A tanulmány, az OTKA TOI4412. számú pályázat támogatásával készült. 17