Morphologic Variability of Alticola strelzowi Kastschenko (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Arvicolinae) in Northern and Southern Populations of the Altay Mountains
A. A. POZDNYAKOV, Yu. N. LITVINOV, N. V. LOPATINA
Abstract
The analysis of morphometric variability of Alticola strelzowi from five regions of the Altay mountains by means of one- and multidimensional statistics revealed significant differences between the samples from the following regions: 1) South-Eastern Altay, 2) South-Eastern Altay (Sailyugem ridge), 3) Central Altay. The voles from the Sailyugem belong to A. s. depressus subspecies, while those from the Central Altay belong to A. s. strelzowi. Samples from the South-Eastern Altay have not been analyzed before; however, on the basis of our data, they cannot be related to any of these subspecies. The analysis of morphotypical variability showed that the voles from the Central Altay have more complicated morphotypes.
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