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Table 3 Factor loadings and percentage of variance explained for principal component analysis on A. latronum female 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

0.792

0.408

0.396

CBL

0.792

0.412

0.409

BL

0.784

0.419

0.411

ONL

0.759

0.427

0.425

PL

0.783

0.410

0.382

DL

0.703

0.556

0.397

UTR

0.832

0.385

0.350

BAM

0.848

0.260

0.121

BZP

0.583

0.291

0.569

BOO

0.722

0.157

0.293

ZW

0.808

0.330

0.350

IB

0.170

0.005

0.931

BB

0.809

0.007

0.107

LLD

0.265

0.917

0.008

LTR

0.794

0.420

0.123

Eigenvalues

11.49

0.89

0.67

Variance explained (%)

76.57

5.92

4.44

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