title

Theriological collections and aspects of morphological diagnostics of white-toothed shrews, genus Crocidura

author(s)

Tovpinets, M.

affiliation

Crimean Republican Laboratory Center of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service of Ukraine (Simferopol, Ukraine)

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Proceedings of the Theriological School. 11 (2012): 77–88

DOI

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Russian, with English extended summary, titles of tables, captures to figs, and references

abstract

Aspects of morphological diagnostics of two white-toothed shrews Crocidura are analysed here. C. leucodon and C. suaveolens differ from each other in the main characteristics of external appearance, coloration and linear measurements. Extensive comparative material within the distribution ranges of both species shows that the body length (in mm) of C. leucodon is significantly greater than that of C. suaveolens: correspondingly, 71.2 ± 4.24 and 60.9 ± 5.9, t = 13.6; p < 0.0000. Also the foot length is significantly greater in C. leucodon (the same level of significance). Seven qualitative traits of skull and one trait of mandibles are diagnostic for both modern (collections and pellets) and fossil materials (99 % level of significance). The most informative charactersitics are the shape of zygomatic process, shape of occlusal surface of P4, position of incisive foramen in relation to the anterior margin of I2 and the shape of protuberance on the coronoid process of the mandible.

keywords

morphological diagnostics, white-toothed shrews, Crocidura.

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