DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS OF MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERS IN FOUR SPECIES OF APODEMUS (MURIDAE: RODENTIA) FROM EASTERN TURKEY AND IRAN
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We studied 122 wood mice of the subgenus Sylvaemus that were collected from seven localities in Iran (the Zagros Mts. and the Caspian region), seven localities in eastern Turkey, and one locality in Armenia. After capture, mice were kept in captivity until reaching their adult size. The following species were determined using allozyme electrophoresis: Apodemus uralensis (= microps), A. arianus (= hermonensis), A. flavicollis, and a distinct form reported provisionally as A. cf. hyrcanicus. Body weight, four external measurements, and 22 dental and skull measurements were subjected to Discriminant Function Analysis in order to find morphometric criteria allowing species identification. Although there was a close similarity among studied species, 96%, 95%, and 95% of individuals were classified correctly when original measurements, log-transformed data, and residuals of the regression on condylobasal length (“size-out” procedure) were used, respectively. While A. uralensis, A. cf. hyrcanicus, and A. arianus were clearly separated from each other, A. flavicollis partly overlapped with A. arianus, as well as with A. cf. hyrcanicus in the morphometric space.
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DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS OF MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERS IN FOUR SPECIES OF APODEMUS (MURIDAE: RODENTIA) FROM EASTERN TURKEY AND IRAN
In: Israel Journal of Ecology and EvolutionSearch for other papers by DANIEL FRYNTA in
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Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic
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Department of Parasitology, Charles University
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We studied 122 wood mice of the subgenus Sylvaemus that were collected from seven localities in Iran (the Zagros Mts. and the Caspian region), seven localities in eastern Turkey, and one locality in Armenia. After capture, mice were kept in captivity until reaching their adult size. The following species were determined using allozyme electrophoresis: Apodemus uralensis (= microps), A. arianus (= hermonensis), A. flavicollis, and a distinct form reported provisionally as A. cf. hyrcanicus. Body weight, four external measurements, and 22 dental and skull measurements were subjected to Discriminant Function Analysis in order to find morphometric criteria allowing species identification. Although there was a close similarity among studied species, 96%, 95%, and 95% of individuals were classified correctly when original measurements, log-transformed data, and residuals of the regression on condylobasal length (“size-out” procedure) were used, respectively. While A. uralensis, A. cf. hyrcanicus, and A. arianus were clearly separated from each other, A. flavicollis partly overlapped with A. arianus, as well as with A. cf. hyrcanicus in the morphometric space.
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