سازمان حفاظت محیط زیست -گروه جانوری

Zoology Section

Monday 10/9/2017

This section has the goal of studying the vertebrates and invertebrates of Iran.Unfortunately, over the years some threats including land use change and degradation of habitats,hunting, fishing, invasive alien species, pollution and some natural factors such as climate change and global warming, have caused the damage to natural environment. Our indicators for assessment and determination of the status of species are based on the criteria and indicators of the red list of IUCN. In the archives of the group, there are more than 29660 specimens from fauna of Iran and about 13120 records registered in the database bank. Moreover we authored and published more than 30 books and articles in national and international journals during the past 10 years

Projects

Monday 10/16/2017

1.Identification and molecular classification of Iranian birds based on molecular DNA Barcoding method .

2.Assessing the taxonomic status of reptiles in Iran using the DNA approach .

3.The Study on biodiversity of populations of Iranian endemic fishes based on morphology and genetics (barcoding) .

4.The Study on diversity of Oxynemacheilus species using COI gene .

5. The Study of the Ichthyofauna of the Aras River basins in the Iranian and Turkish parts .

6. The Study the spiders of Alborz and identifying and completing archives specimens .

7.Preparation of a checklist for Iranian bivalvia .

8. The Study on fauna of Turan National Park and collecting some of that region specimens .

collections

Wednesday 10/25/2017

Number of specimens : 29660

Number of records registered in the database bank : 13120