Title:

Metric discrimination and distribution of the species of Crocidura occuring in Tunisia

Creator:

Sará, M. ; Zanca, L.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1992

Description:

A recent paper on the occurrence of the genus Crocidura in Tunisia reports a single specimen identified as C. suaveolens. Therefore a third species, besides C. russula and C. whitakeri would occur in the country. However, the presence of C. suaveolens in North-Africa is controversial and was recently ruled out from the other Maghrebi countries (Algieria and Morocco). During the period 1989-90, 71 specimens of shrews were collected from owls pellets or trapped at Tunisian 12 sites. This material was measured and studied both by classic morphometric and multivariate methods (Fuzzy test, Principal Coordinate Analysis and Generalized Procrustes Analysis), considering also reference samples (C. suaveolens from Italy and Balearic Islands, C. russula and C. whitakeri from Morocco).

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

occurrence of genus Crocidura ; distribution ; Tunisia ; Tunezja

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

37

Issue:

1-2

Start page:

103

End page:

116

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.92-12

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open