Insular Variation of the Japanese Hare (Lepus brachyurus) on the Oki Islands, Japan

Autor:	Hirofumi Hirakawa, Yoshiharu Shibata, Tsutomu Kuwahata, Eiichi Yamada
Rok vydání:	1992
Předmět:	Ecology Zoology Japanese hare fictional_universe Body size Biology fictional_universe.character_species Skull medicine.anatomical_structure Genetics medicine Animal Science and Zoology Mainland Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation
Zdroj:	Journal of Mammalogy. 73:672-679
ISSN:	0022-2372 1545-1542
DOI:	10.2307/1382042
Popis:	Geographic comparisons of 25 skull and four external characters of the Japanese hare ( Lepus brachyurus ) revealed that hares from Nishinoshima and Dogo of the Oki Islands and hares from Shimane Prefecture on mainland Honshu are distinct. The Oki Islands hares are larger in overall body size, but have shorter ears and hind feet than mainland hares; Oki Islands hares also are smaller in overall size of skull, but the postorbital width and the length of frontal bone are larger. Skull shape is different between Nishinoshima and Dogo, and length of head and body and length of ear are smaller in Nishinoshima than in Dogo. Interisland variation likely was caused by random changes due to genetic drift, bottleneck effects, or founder effects.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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