Museum, University of Nebraska State
Date of this Version
12-1-1978
Citation
Annals of the Carnegie Museum (December 1, 1978) 47 (article 23): 541-570.
Abstract
The desert pocket gopher (Geomys arenarius), which occupies a restricted geographic range in Texas, New Mexico, and Chihuahua, was examined for morphological variation. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to determine age, sexual, individual, and geographic variation. Significant differences were found among different age classes and between sexes. Males displayed higher individual variation than females and external measurements were more variable than cranial measurements. Two subspecies--G. a. arenarius and G. a. brevirostris--were recognized after analyses of geographic variation.
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Comments
Copyright 1978, Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Used by permission.