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KMID : 0364219890320010014
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Korean Journal of Zoology
1989 Volume.32 No. 1 p.14 ~ p.21
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Morphometric Analyses on 24 Species (13 Families of Six Orders) of Korean Mammals
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Koh Hung-Sun
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Abstract
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Four external and 22 cranial characters of 279 specimens representing 24 species of six orders of Korean mammals were measured. The data were analyzed by phenetic methods such as ordination as well as clustering techniques. Morphological distances were also calculated. Phenetic studies yield taxonomic placements of Siberian mink, Palearetic squirrel, and big white-toothed shrew which are incorrect. Morphological differences among Korean mammals at ordinal level in the taxonomic hierarchy are larger than those among other mammals: morphological differences below ordinal level are comparable to those among other mammals. Average taxonomic distances and morphological differences among Korean mammals at various levels in the taxonomic hierarchy are jointly monotonic, although the value of Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient between average taxonomic distance matrix and morphological difference marrix is 0.59.
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KEYWORD
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Systematics, Morphometric, Korean mammals
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