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Table 2 Factor loadings and percentage of variance explained for principal component analysis on A. latronum male samples

From: Geographic variation of the large-eared field mouse (Apodemus latronum Thomas, 1911) (Rodentia: Muridae) with one new subspecies description verified via cranial morphometric variables and pelage characteristics

Variables

Principal component (PC)

 

1

2

3

GLS

0.907

0.303

0.168

CBL

0.924

0.260

0.190

BL

0.929

0.225

0.193

ONL

0.914

0.244

0.171

PL

0.866

0.345

0.228

DL

0.899

0.233

0.237

UTR

0.889

0.345

0.221

BAM

0.662

0.458

0.185

BZP

0.734

0.367

−0.307

BOO

0.276

0.643

0.218

ZW

0.749

0.487

0.179

IB

0.156

0.783

−0.133

BB

0.343

0.766

0.151

LLD

0.258

0.006

0.853

LTR

0.710

0.216

0.461

Eigenvalues

10.24

1.23

0.86

Variance explained (%)

68.26

8.21

5.76

  1. The variable codes are given in the text and in Figure 1. The extraction method used is the principal component analysis. The rotation method is Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.