[Biometry and taxonomy of house mouse populations Mus from the mediterranean region.] (in German)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1980
Authors:Engels, H.
Journal:Zeitschrift fόr Sδugetierkunde
Volume:45
Pagination:366-375
Keywords:Mammalia
Abstract:

Twelve populations of mice (Mus L.) from the Mediterranean region, Asia Minor and Afghanistan were studied. By canonical analysis and allometry, 4 clusters of mice were separated, differing in skull measurements: M. spretus from the Iberian Peninsula, Morocco and Tunisia; M. (musculus) spicilegus from Austria; longer tailed, commensal mice, M. musculus domesticus from West Germany, M. m. brevirostris from the Iberian Peninsula and M. m. praetextus from Sicily and Cypus; shorter tailed, feral mice from Greece and Turkey and longer tailed, commensal specimens from Afghanistan. The Euclidean distances in discriminant space between Mediterranean species and subspecies reflect the isozymatic distances between similar populations investigated by Bonhomme et al. (1978).

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