Taxonomic status of water vole, (Arvicola Amphibius Linneaus, 1758) in western anatolia

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 geometricmorphometrics and traditional morphometrics. Morphometrical analyses showed that A.amphibius populations in western part of Turkey are highly differentiated as Anatolian andThrace populations. Depend on morphometrical differentiation, we conclude that thesetwo populations, classified within two subspecies; Arvicola amphibius persicus and Arvicolaamphibius cerncavskii respectively.