Variability and diagnostic value of cranial characters of Spalax microphthalmus: comparison with another Spalacidae species from Eastern Europe

Variability of 36 cranial characters of Spalax microphthalmus was analyzed on the sample of its Eastern Ukrainian population. Selection of characters was carried out on the basis of analysis of all set of morphological peculiarities, which are considered as diagnostic characters of this species from...

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Main Author: Maryna Korobchenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. National Museum of Natural History 2012-12-01
Series:Праці Теріологічної школи
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Online Access:http://terioshkola.org.ua/library/pts11-diagn/pts11-23-korobchenko-spalax-skull.pdf