Patterns of craniometric variability of six common species of shrews (Soricidae: Crocidura, Neomys, Sorex)

a comparison between Central and Southeast Europe

Szerzők

  • Sirma Asenova Zidarova Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9130-9879
  • Vasil Vulkov Popov Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1, Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1000 Sofia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0446-1168

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.64.3.259.2018

Kulcsszavak:

morphometrics, geographic variation, Crocidura, Neomys, Sorex

Absztrakt

The morphometric variability of the skull and the lower jaw of 6 species of shrews (Crocidura suaveolens s. l., C. leucodon, Neomys anomalus, N. fodiens, Sorex minutus, and S. araneus) from Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and Austria was analyzed. The results from the PCA and the unsupervised model-based clustering showed that morphological geographic intraspecific variation was clearly expressed in Crocidura suaveolens and C. leucodon, poorly pronounced in Neomys anomalus and N. fodiens, and almost missing in Sorex minutus and S. araneus. Our data provide a morphological confirmation of the recent molecular data, which indicate a division of both Crocidura species to western and eastern lineages. The geographical location of their boundaries was discussed.

Megjelent

2018-08-01

Hogyan kell idézni

Zidarova, S. A., & Popov, V. V. (2018). Patterns of craniometric variability of six common species of shrews (Soricidae: Crocidura, Neomys, Sorex): a comparison between Central and Southeast Europe. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 64(3), 259–276. https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.64.3.259.2018

Folyóirat szám

Évf. 64 szám 3 (2018): Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

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