Table 4. External and craniodental measurements of Argentinean populations of Myotis albescens, M. ruber, and M. nigricans, including morphometric variation and number of samples (N). The measurements are in millimeters. Acronyms and descriptions are available in Table 1.
Measurements Myotis albescens Myotis ruber Myotis nigricans
mean (min-max) N mean (min-max) N mean (min-max) N
FA 35.0 (33.7-36.8) 22 38.5 (37.5-40.5) 5 33.8 (33.0-35.0) 7
EL 14.0 (12.0-15.5) 22 14.2 (13.0-15.0) 4 13.0 (11.0-15.0) 7
Body mass 6.0 (5.5-7.0) 18 7.0 (4.0-8.0) 4 4.5 (3.5-6.0) 7
LDF 6.5 (5.5-7.5) 17 7.0 (6.5-8.0) 4 7.0 (6.0-7.5) 7
LVF 5.0 (4.5-6.0) 17 5.5 (5.0-6.0) 4 5.5 (5.0-6.5) 7
GLS 14.3 (13.9-15.0) 20 15.3 (15.1-15.6) 5 13.5 (12.4-14.3) 7
CCL 12.7 (12.1-14.2) 20 13.5 (13.5-13.7) 5 12.0 (11.6-12.7) 7
CBL 13.1 (12.6-13.8) 20 14.2 (14.0-14.4) 5 12.7 (12.3-13.5) 7
CIL 13.4 (12.9-14.0) 20 14.5 (14.4-14.8) 5 12.8 (12.4-13.5) 7
BAL 12.1 (11.5-13.4) 20 13.0 (12.8-13.2) 5 11.5 (11.0-12.3) 7
ZYG 8.8 (8.6-9.0) 11 9.5 (9.4-9.6) 3 8.3 (8.1-8.4) 4
MAB 7.4 (7.0-7.7) 20 7.8 (7.7-8.2) 5 6.9 (6.6-7.1) 7
BCB 7.1 (6.8-7.4) 20 7.0 (6.7-7.2) 5 6.4 (6.2-6.6) 7
POB 4.1 (3.9-4.2) 20 3.7 (3.6-3.9) 5 3.5 (3.3-3.8) 7
IOB 4.8 (4.5-5.0) 20 4.9 (4.7-5.2) 5 4.5 (4.1-4.7) 7
BAC 3.8 (3.5-4.0) 20 4.1 (4.0-4.3) 5 3.4 (3.2-3.5) 5
BAM 5.5 (5.2-5.7) 20 6.0 (5.8-6.2) 5 5.2 (4.9-5.6) 7
MTL 5.1 (4.9-5.5) 20 5.9 (5.9-5.9) 5 5.0 (4.8-5.2) 7
M1-3 2.9 (2.8-3.1) 20 3.3 (3.2-3.3) 5 2.8 (2.7-3.0) 7
MAN 5.8 (5.1-6.1) 20 6.3 (6.2-6.4) 4 5.3 (5.1-5.5) 7
MAL 10.0 (9.5-10.4) 20 11.1 (10.9-11.4) 4 9.4 (9.0-9.7) 7