Intraspecific variability and phylogenetic relationships of the Pleistocene shrew Sorex runtonensis [Soricidae]

• Autorzy: Osipova V. A. , Rzebik-Kowalska B. , Zaitsev M.V.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Intraspecific variability of the Pleistocene speciesSorex runtonensis Hinton, 1911 from different Polish and Russian (Caucasus Mts.) localities and its relationships to Recent red-toothed shrews of similar body size and mandibular morphology,S. caecutiens Laxmann, 1788 andS. tundrensis Merriam, 1990, are explained on the grounds of multivariate statistics. The remains ofS. runtonensis from different localities form a single group and differ fromS. caecutiens. They resembleS. tundrensis by the first canonical root related to a mandibular size and proportions. This may indicate thatS. runtonensis andS. tundrensis are closely related but separated components of the species complextundrensis.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Theriologica
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: 51
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.129-138,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Osipova V. A.

• Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb., 1, Saint-Petersburg, 199034, Russia

autor

Rzebik-Kowalska B.

autor

Zaitsev M.V.

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