Retrieving Peromyscus bullatus from P. difficilis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) through cranial morphometry in a mammal collection

Peromyscus bullatus and Peromyscus difficilis are sympatric and phenotypically similar rodents. Because of this, misidentification of both species is frequent in the field and in mammal collections. In this study, P. bullatus specimens were retrieved from the P. difficilis specimens, in the mammal c...

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Autores principales: Falfán, Ina, Montero-Bagatella, Sandra H., González-Christen, Alvar
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Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2019
Acceso en línea:https://azm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/azm/article/view/2082
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author Falfán, Ina
Montero-Bagatella, Sandra H.
González-Christen, Alvar
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description Peromyscus bullatus and Peromyscus difficilis are sympatric and phenotypically similar rodents. Because of this, misidentification of both species is frequent in the field and in mammal collections. In this study, P. bullatus specimens were retrieved from the P. difficilis specimens, in the mammal collection of the Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas of the Universidad Veracruzana, through the analysis of morphometric measurements of the tympanic bulla, proposed by González-Ruíz et al. (2005) as discrimination key variables between both species.
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spelling azm-article-20822022-11-11T21:47:27Z Retrieving Peromyscus bullatus from P. difficilis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) through cranial morphometry in a mammal collection Retrieving Peromyscus bullatus from P. difficilis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) through cranial morphometry in a mammal collection Falfán, Ina Montero-Bagatella, Sandra H. González-Christen, Alvar Peromyscus bullatus and Peromyscus difficilis are sympatric and phenotypically similar rodents. Because of this, misidentification of both species is frequent in the field and in mammal collections. In this study, P. bullatus specimens were retrieved from the P. difficilis specimens, in the mammal collection of the Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas of the Universidad Veracruzana, through the analysis of morphometric measurements of the tympanic bulla, proposed by González-Ruíz et al. (2005) as discrimination key variables between both species. La identificación errónea de ejemplares de Peromyscus bullatus como Peromyscus difficilis es frecuente, tanto en el campo como en las colecciones mastozoológicas, debido a que ambas especies son simpátricas y similares fenotípicamente. En este estudio se recuperaron ejemplares de P. bullatus incorrectamente catalogados como P. difficilis en la colección mastozoológica del Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas de la Universidad Veracruzana, mediante el análisis de medidas morfométricas de la bula timpánica, propuestas por González-Ruíz et al. (2005) como claves para la discriminación entre ambas especies. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2019-09-20 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/xml https://azm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/azm/article/view/2082 10.21829/azm.2019.3502082 ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.); Vol. 35 (2019); 1-5 ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.); Vol. 35 (2019); 1-5 2448-8445 0065-1737 eng https://azm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/azm/article/view/2082/2396 https://azm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/azm/article/view/2082/2446 Derechos de autor 2019 ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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Montero-Bagatella, Sandra H.
González-Christen, Alvar
Retrieving Peromyscus bullatus from P. difficilis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) through cranial morphometry in a mammal collection
title Retrieving Peromyscus bullatus from P. difficilis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) through cranial morphometry in a mammal collection
title_full Retrieving Peromyscus bullatus from P. difficilis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) through cranial morphometry in a mammal collection
title_fullStr Retrieving Peromyscus bullatus from P. difficilis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) through cranial morphometry in a mammal collection
title_full_unstemmed Retrieving Peromyscus bullatus from P. difficilis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) through cranial morphometry in a mammal collection
title_short Retrieving Peromyscus bullatus from P. difficilis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) through cranial morphometry in a mammal collection
title_sort retrieving peromyscus bullatus from p. difficilis (rodentia: cricetidae) through cranial morphometry in a mammal collection
url https://azm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/azm/article/view/2082
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