First Report of the Herb Field Mouse , Apodemus uralensis (Pallas, 1811) from Mongolia

Shar, S.; Batsaikhan, Nyamsuren; Dolch, Dietrich; Gardner, Scott Lyell; Kullmer, Ottmar; Lebedev, Vladimir S.; Lkhagvasuren, Davaa; Menz, Ulrike; Samiya, Ravchig; Stubbe, Michael; Ansorge, Нermann

doi:10.22353/mjbs.2015.13.05

Mong. J. Biol. Sci.

2015

DOI: 10.22353/mjbs.2015.13.05

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First Report of the Herb Field Mouse , Apodemus uralensis (Pallas, 1811) from Mongolia

S. Shar¹,

Nyamsuren Batsaikhan²,

Dietrich Dolch³

et al.

Abstract: The herb fi eld mouse, Apodemus uralensis (Pallas, 1811) is recorded for the fi rst time in Mongolia, from western part of the Mongolian Altai and the adjacent Mongolian part of the Dzungarian Gobi. In addition, we discovered several additional fi ndings of this species recorded as early as 1976 from diff erent scientifi c collections. Body and skull measurements are presented along with a molecular genetic analysis of one specimen.

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Geographical clines in the size of the herb field mouse (Apodemus uralensis)

Balčiauskas

Amshokova

Balčiauskienė

et al. 2020

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Patterns of body size variation along geographical gradients have long been searched for and generalized into eco‐geographical rules. However, no rodent species has yet been analyzed in relation to the 3 dimensions of latitude, longitude and altitude. We analyzed geographical clines and dimorphism of body and skull size in the herb field mouse (Apodemus uralensis) across the species range, based on field data and on data from the literature. Sexual dimorphism in adult A. uralensis was not expressed at a large scale, while local patterns were inconsistent. Age‐dependent size changes were most expressed in adult individuals: most characters of adults exceeded in size those of subadults, while subadult–juvenile size differences were only significant in body weight and length, zygomatic skull width, length of cranial diastema and breadth of braincase. Despite central morphological niches along the clines being separated, A. uralensis populations showed a high degree of size overlap in morphological space. We found the species to be characterized by high size variability, with the largest individuals inhabiting the eastern and southern edges of the distribution range. Tail, hind foot and ear lengths were largest in the southern part of the range, in agreement with Allen's rule. The main measurements that we analyzed, namely body mass, zygomatic skull width and condylobasal skull length, show the presence of 3 clines in the size of adult A. uralensis: (i) a decreasing south–north cline, opposing Bergmann's rule; (ii) an increasing west–east cline, in accordance with Murphy's rule; and (iii) an increasing altitudinal cline.

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Geographical clines in the size of the herb field mouse (Apodemus uralensis)

Balčiauskas

Amshokova

Balčiauskienė

et al. 2020

Integrative Zoology

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Distribution, habitais and abundance of the herb field mouse (Apodemus uralensis) in Lithuania

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Body size and craniometry of the herb field mouse from Lithuania in the context of species range

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First Report of the Herb Field Mouse , Apodemus uralensis (Pallas, 1811) from Mongolia

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Geographical clines in the size of the herb field mouse (Apodemus uralensis)

Geographical clines in the size of the herb field mouse (Apodemus uralensis)

Distribution, habitais and abundance of the herb field mouse (Apodemus uralensis) in Lithuania

Body size and craniometry of the herb field mouse from Lithuania in the context of species range

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