Taxonomic implications of geographical variation in Rhinolophus affinis (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in mainland Southeast Asia

Ith, Saveng; Bumrungsri, Sara; Furey, Neil M; Bates, Paul JJ; Wonglapsuwan, Monwadee; Khan, Faisal Ali Anwarali; Thong, Vu Dinh; Soisook, Pipat; Satasook, Chutamas; Thomas, Nikky M

doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0109-8

Zoological Studies

Table 2 Morphometric comparison between male and female of R. affinis from Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam

From: Taxonomic implications of geographical variation in Rhinolophus affinis (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in mainland Southeast Asia

n	Sex	FA	HB	TL	EL	TIB	HF	2MT	3MT	4MT	5MT	3D1P
39	♀♀	51.3 ± 1.7	51.7 ± 2.4	24.0 ± 2.6	22.2 ± 1.4	24.3 ± 0.9	10.50 ± 0.4	41.7 ± 1.4	39.1 ± 1.3	40.2 ± 1.3	40.8 ± 1.5	15.2 ± 0.6
39	♀♀	48.3 to 54.8	46.5 to 59.1	19.3 to 29.3	19.7 to 25.4	22.2 to 26.4	9.4 to 11.2	39.4 to 44.5	36.8 to 42.4	37.6 to 42.8	38.1 to 44.0	13.7 to 16.6
60	♂♂	51.0 ± 1.5	52.1 ± 2.8	23.3 ± 2.4	21.9 ± 1.1	24.3 ± 1.0	10.3 ± 0.5	41.3 ± 1.4	38.8 ± 1.4	39.9 ± 1.4	40.5 ± 1.4	15.0 ± 0.6
60	♂♂	48.3 to 54.4	42.7 to 57.8	18.8 to 30.7	19.6 to 25.8	21.8 to 26.0	9.0 to 11.3	38.3 to 44.7	35.7 to 43.0	36.7 to 43.5	37.7 to 44.5	13.7 to 16.5
Sex. dim.		ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
n	Sex	3D2P	4D1P	4D2P	5D1P	5D2P	GHN	GWN
39	♀♀	25.9 ± 1.5	10.4 ± 0.4	15.4 ± 0.8	11.8 ± 0.5	13.7 ± 1.3	13.6 ± 1.0	9.9 ± 0.6
39	♀♀	18.3 to 27.9	9.7 to 11.5	13.5 to 17.2	10.7 to 12.9	9.0 to 15.5	10.4 to 15.6	8.3 to 11.1
60	♂♂	26.1 ± 1.2	10.3 ± 0.4	15.4 ± 0.8	11.7 ± 0.6	13.6 ± 1.0	13.8 ± 0.9	9.9 ± 0.5
60	♂♂	23.5 to 30.0	9.5 to 11.4	13.8 to 17.6	10.5 to 13.2	9.6 to 15.8	11.8 to 16.1	8.5 to 11.2
Sex. dim.		ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
n		SL	CCL	ZYW	MAW	BW	ALSW	AMSW	IOW
39		22.55 ± 0.4	19.90 ± 0.3	11.22 ± 0.2	10.58 ± 0.2	10.19 ± 0.1	6.07 ± 0.1	4.22 ± 0.1	2.18 ± 0.2
39		21.92 to 23.53	19.11 to 20.68	10.80 to 11.87	10.17 to 11.15	9.89 to 10.60	5.65 to 6.36	3.81 to 4.72	1.72 to 2.60
60		22.55 ± 0.4	19.89 ± 0.4	11.21 ± 0.2	10.63 ± 0.2	10.18 ± 0.2	6.12 ± 0.2	4.20 ± 0.2	2.27 ± 0.2
60		21.47 to 23.33	18.78 to 20.78	10.53 to 11.91	9.81 to 11.16	9.54 to 10.67	5.56 to 6.72	3.59 to 4.67	1.70 to 2.81
Sex. dim.		ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	P = 0.047
n		PB	CM³L	C¹C¹W	M³M³W	ML	CM₃L	CPH
39		2.15 ± 0.1	8.91 ± 0.1	5.75 ± 0.1	8.20 ± 0.1	15.48 ± 0.2	9.33 ± 0.1	3.13 ± 0.1
39		1.82 to 2.67	8.53 to 9.34	5.23 to 6.05	7.77 to 8.86	14.91 to 15.96	8.98 to 9.74	2.52 to 3.42
60		2.19 ± 0.1	8.96 ± 0.2	5.79 ± 0.1	8.23 ± 0.2	15.51 ± 0.3	9.34 ± 0.2	3.14 ± 0.1
60		1.63 to 2.61	8.36 to 9.38	5.22 to 6.13	7.73 to 8.72	14.59 to 16.07	8.75 to 9.82	2.86 to 3.63
Sex. dim.		ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns

External and craniodental measurements are in mm. FA - forearm length; HB - head and body length; TL - tail length; EL - ear length; TIB - tibia length; HF - hind foot length; 2MT, 3MT, 4MT, 5MT - second, third, fourth, and fifth metacarpal lengths; 3D1P, 3DP2P, 4D1P, 4D2P, 5D1P, 5D2P - first and second phalanges of third, fourth, and fifth digits; GHN - great high of nose leaf; GWN - great width of nose leaf; SL - skull length; CCL - condyle-canine length; ZYW - zygomatic width; BW - braincase width; MAW - mastoid width; ALSW - anterior lateral swellings width; AMSW - anterior median swellings width; IOW - inter-orbital width; PB - palatal bridge; CM³L - upper tooth row length; C¹C¹W - anterior palatal width; M³M³W - posterior palatal width, ML - mandible length; CM₃L - lower tooth row length; CPH - least height of the coronoid process. Data are displayed in mean ± standard deviation and range. Sex. dim.=sexual dimorphism; ns=not significant.

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