1. M. Soofi () A. Ghoddousi, L. Egli, A.-J. Voinopol-Sassu, I. Khorozyan and M. Waltert, J. F. Blumenbach Inst. of Zoology and Anthropology, Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen, Bürgerstrasse 50, DE-37073 Göttingen, Germany. AJVS also at: School of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
2. MS and A. K. Hamidi, Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, Tehran, Iran.
3. B. Ghasemi, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Univ. München, Freising, Germany.
4. B. H. Kiabi, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Shahid Beheshti Univ. G.C., Tehran, Iran.
5. N. Balkenhol, Dept of Wildlife Sciences, Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany