Morphometric analysis of skull shape reveals unprecedented diversity of African Canidae
We conducted a geometric morphometric analysis to investigate the morphological variation of the golden wolf, Canis lupaster, and to clarify the morphological and taxonomic affinities of different taxa of the genera Canis and Lupulella. We suggest that the variation observed within the complex of Ca...
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ftconicet:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/135535 2023-10-09T21:50:38+02:00 Morphometric analysis of skull shape reveals unprecedented diversity of African Canidae de Andrade Machado, Fabio Teta, Pablo Vicente application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11336/135535 eng eng Alliance Communications Group Division Allen Press info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1093/jmammal/gyz214 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/101/2/349/5754180 http://hdl.handle.net/11336/135535 de Andrade Machado, Fabio; Teta, Pablo Vicente; Morphometric analysis of skull shape reveals unprecedented diversity of African Canidae; Alliance Communications Group Division Allen Press; Journal of Mammalogy; 101; 2; 5-2020; 349-360 0022-2372 CONICET Digital CONICET info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/ CANIS ANTHUS CANIS AUREUS CANIS LUPUS GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS TAXONOMY https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ftconicet https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz214 2023-09-24T18:25:29Z We conducted a geometric morphometric analysis to investigate the morphological variation of the golden wolf, Canis lupaster, and to clarify the morphological and taxonomic affinities of different taxa of the genera Canis and Lupulella. We suggest that the variation observed within the complex of Canis lupaster may be incompatible with what would be expected for a single species. We hypothesize that the nominal form C. l. soudanicus is a synonym of Lupulella adusta rather than being part of the golden wolf complex. The subspecies C. l. bea has a generalized jackal morphology (i.e., clusters together with L. mesomelas and C. aureus) and C. l. lupaster occupies an intermediate morphospace position, between jackal-like forms and wolf-like forms. These results contrast with previously published molecular analysis in which mitochondrial data failed to identify differences among golden wolf populations, and nuclear evidence points to the existence of groups that are incompatible with those recovered by morphological analysis. Regarding other jackals, our results depict the absence of morphological overlap between L. m. mesomelas and L. m. schmidti and no differences between putative subspecies of L. adusta. We call attention to the need for more integrative approaches to solve the taxonomic questions in various African Canidae. Fil: de Andrade Machado, Fabio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina. University of Massachussets; Estados Unidos Fil: Teta, Pablo Vicente. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus CONICET Digital (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) Argentino Argentina Pablo ENVELOPE(-63.717,-63.717,-64.283,-64.283) Journal of Mammalogy 101 2 349 360 |
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CANIS ANTHUS CANIS AUREUS CANIS LUPUS GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS TAXONOMY https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
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CANIS ANTHUS CANIS AUREUS CANIS LUPUS GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS TAXONOMY https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 de Andrade Machado, Fabio Teta, Pablo Vicente Morphometric analysis of skull shape reveals unprecedented diversity of African Canidae |
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CANIS ANTHUS CANIS AUREUS CANIS LUPUS GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS TAXONOMY https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
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We conducted a geometric morphometric analysis to investigate the morphological variation of the golden wolf, Canis lupaster, and to clarify the morphological and taxonomic affinities of different taxa of the genera Canis and Lupulella. We suggest that the variation observed within the complex of Canis lupaster may be incompatible with what would be expected for a single species. We hypothesize that the nominal form C. l. soudanicus is a synonym of Lupulella adusta rather than being part of the golden wolf complex. The subspecies C. l. bea has a generalized jackal morphology (i.e., clusters together with L. mesomelas and C. aureus) and C. l. lupaster occupies an intermediate morphospace position, between jackal-like forms and wolf-like forms. These results contrast with previously published molecular analysis in which mitochondrial data failed to identify differences among golden wolf populations, and nuclear evidence points to the existence of groups that are incompatible with those recovered by morphological analysis. Regarding other jackals, our results depict the absence of morphological overlap between L. m. mesomelas and L. m. schmidti and no differences between putative subspecies of L. adusta. We call attention to the need for more integrative approaches to solve the taxonomic questions in various African Canidae. Fil: de Andrade Machado, Fabio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina. University of Massachussets; Estados Unidos Fil: Teta, Pablo Vicente. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina |
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Morphometric analysis of skull shape reveals unprecedented diversity of African Canidae |
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Morphometric analysis of skull shape reveals unprecedented diversity of African Canidae |
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Morphometric analysis of skull shape reveals unprecedented diversity of African Canidae |
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Morphometric analysis of skull shape reveals unprecedented diversity of African Canidae |
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Morphometric analysis of skull shape reveals unprecedented diversity of African Canidae |
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morphometric analysis of skull shape reveals unprecedented diversity of african canidae |
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