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Table 6 Measurements (mm) of external and skull variable measurements (mm) of subspecies of Apodemus latronum

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

Subspecies

 

A. latronum latronum

A. latronum lijiangensis

HB (n = 139)

102.72 ± 7.72 (85.00~118.00)

90.62 ± 8.44 (74.00~106.00)

TL (n = 136)

108.55 ± 12.32 (90.00~195.00)

94.12 ± 7.45 (78.00~115.00)

HFL (n = 139)

24.30 ± 1.16 (21.00~26.90)

23.25 ± 1.40 (21.00~28.00)

EL (n = 139)

20.33 ± 1.24 (18.00~23.00)

19.51 ± 1.02 (18.00~22.00)

GLS (n = 141)

28.82 ± 0.72 (27.26~30.67)

26.56 ± 0.90 (24.51~28.08)

CBL (n = 141)

25.92 ± 0.77 (24.13~27.90)

23.79 ± 0.92 (21.65~25.30)

BL (n = 141)

23.86 ± 0.79 (22.15~25.67)

21.80 ± 0.91 (19.52~23.33)

ONL (n = 141)

28.18 ± 0.76 (26.30~30.52)

26.06 ± 0.89 (24.31~27.71)

PL (n = 141)

14.44 ± 0.45 (13.42~15.74)

13.27 ± 0.51 (12.31~14.30)

DL (n = 141)

7.64 ± 0.30 (7.01~8.52)

6.83 ± 0.33 (5.99~7.39)

UTR (n = 141)

13.85 ± 0.33 (13.20~14.71)

12.73 ± 0.47 (11.82~13.52)

BAM (n = 141)

5.95 ± 0.19 (5.54~6.37)

5.62 ± 0.19 (4.99~5.90)

BZP (n = 141)

2.96 ± 0.17 (2.60~3.32)

2.63 ± 0.21 (1.85~3.13)

BOO (n = 141)

6.42 ± 0.23 (5.68~6.83)

6.07 ± 0.14 (5.69~6.36)

ZW (n = 141)

13.78 ± 0.39 (12.72~14.63)

12.96 ± 0.40 (11.96~13.60)

IB (n = 141)

4.51 ± 0.15 (4.16~4.90)

4.35 ± 0.14 (4.01~4.68)

BB (n = 141)

12.49 ± 0.26 (11.96~13.33)

12.13 ± 0.30 (11.26~12.61)

LLD (n = 141)

3.97 ± 0.23 (3.43~4.51)

3.76 ± 0.23 (3.12~4.13)

LTR (n = 141)

11.57 ± 0.34 (10.74~12.43)

10.74 ± 0.48 (9.44~11.74)

  1. The variable codes are given in the text and in Figure 1. The values are in mean ± std. dev. with the range given in parentheses. HB, head and body length; TL, tail length; HFL, hind foot length; EL, ear length.