Multivariate Analysis of the Skull Size and Shape in Tube-Nosed Bats of the GenusMurina(Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Vietnam

Zoogeographical barriers causing discontinuous osteometrical variations in the northern treeshrew skulls

“…A latitude of from 14 to 17-degrees north in central Vietnam was considered as a barrier on the primate species [ 19 ]. Futhermore, morphological discontinuities at the species or population level in various taxa have been indicated between the northern Plateau area and southern Lower Mekong [ 1 , 2 , 7 , 28 ]. From these present data, it is important to note the taxonomical relationships between North Vietnam and South Vietnam populations in the case of the northern treeshrew.…”

A morphological analysis of the skull size and shape of Kerivoulinae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Vietnam

“…Multivariate analysis of skull size and shape is one of the most important methods to establish taxonomy of bats, particularly for species complexes, subspecies and cryptic species, or to assess the geographical variations in the Southeast Asian region, where few taxonomical investigations have been carried out [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 21 , 48 ]. In Vietnam, five Kerivoula species and P. jagorii were recorded recently [ 6 , 8 , 22 , 34 , 51 ].…”

Assessing Age Related Cranial Characteristics and Morphometrics of the Egyptian Rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus) from Central Africa

“…References for statistically in-depth studies on skull-based intraspecific and interspecific variations in the size and sexual dimorphism of bats was found for the much smaller sized Vespetilionid Murina spp. (Schmieder et al , 2015; Son et al , 2015). Similar to Shahbaz et al (2014), Schmieder et al (2015) and Son et al (2015) included length and breadth measurements, but also included height.…”

“…(Schmieder et al , 2015; Son et al , 2015). Similar to Shahbaz et al (2014), Schmieder et al (2015) and Son et al (2015) included length and breadth measurements, but also included height. Following Shahbaz et al (2014), Schmieder et al (2015) and Son et al (2015), cranial and dentary measurements that captured two-dimensional size were measured (Fig.…”

“…Similar to Shahbaz et al (2014), Schmieder et al (2015) and Son et al (2015) included length and breadth measurements, but also included height. Following Shahbaz et al (2014), Schmieder et al (2015) and Son et al (2015), cranial and dentary measurements that captured two-dimensional size were measured (Fig. 1): total skull length (TSL), rostral length (RL), rostral width (RW), braincase width (BW), mastoid breadth (MB) and dental length (DENL).…”