Variation and Systematic Significance in Vertebral Counts in Some Rats of Muridae and Cricetidae (Preliminary Note)

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  • 数種ネズミ類におけるせきつい骨数の変異および種間の差について (予報)
  • スウシュ ネズミルイ ニ オケル セキツイコツスウ ノ ヘンイ オヨビ タネ カン ノ サ ニ ツイテ ヨ

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The authors investigated the numbers of vertabrae of 128 specimens of rats of Muridae and Cricetidae. Mean values of vertebral counts in each species are as follows:<br>Muridae {Mus musculus: 57.66 Rattus norvegicus: 58.40 Rattus rattus: 63.22 Apodemus speciosus speciosus: 60.22 Apodemus argenteus argenteus: 62.75<br>Cricetidae {Crethrionomys rufocanus andersoni: 50.00 Eothenomys smithii: 47.50 Microtus montebelli: 48.12<br>Numbers of vertebrae provided a complete separation of Muridae and Cricetidae groups and gave statistically significant separations of Rattus norvegicus and R. rattus, and Apodemus speciosus speciosus and A. argenteus argenteus.

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