PATTERNS OF KARYOTYPIC MEGAEVOLUTION IN<i>REITHRODONTOMYS</i>: EVIDENCE FROM A CYTOCHROME-<i>b</i>PHYLOGENETIC HYPOTHESIS

The northern subspecies of the salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris halicoetes) is morphologically similar to the western harvest mouse (R. megalotis) with which it co-occurs in the Suisun Marsh, California, USA, and therefore they are difficult to distinguish in the field. The salt marsh harvest mouse is a federal and California state-listed endangered species, whereas the western harvest mouse has no special status. Thus, our objective was to identify the most effective field metrics that distinguish the species. First we identified a barcode of life and restriction fragment length polymorphism approach for genetically distinguishing between the species. Then we performed univariate tests to examine variation in standard external morphological traits within and between species, and found that differences between species were confounded by sex and age. We then used discriminant function analysis and multiple logistic regression (MLR) to find combinations of characters that resulted in the highest percentages of correct classification based on a data set of individuals with genetically verified species identity. The best model (MLR) correctly classified 90.1 AE 3.5% ( x AE SD) of individuals, though all approaches performed relatively poorly with smaller, ostensibly younger, mice. Therefore, tail length, body length, and tail diameter, if treated in a comprehensive multivariate context, can yield substantial accuracy for distinguishing between coexisting northern salt marsh and western harvest mice. Ó 2018 The Wildlife Society.KEY WORDS discriminant function analysis, field identification, multiple logistic regression, Reithrodontomys, salt marsh harvest mouse, Suisun Marsh, western harvest mouse.

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PATTERNS OF KARYOTYPIC MEGAEVOLUTION INREITHRODONTOMYS: EVIDENCE FROM A CYTOCHROME-bPHYLOGENETIC HYPOTHESIS

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Distinguishing between northern salt marsh and western harvest mice

Distinguishing between northern salt marsh and western harvest mice

The influence of climate on the basal metabolic rate of small mammals: a slow-fast metabolic continuum

Chromosomal conservatism vs chromosomal megaevolution: enigma of karyotypic evolution in Lepidoptera

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