Morphometric and Geographic relationships of Short-Tailed Shrews (Genus Blarina) in Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri

Author

Nancy D. Moncrief, Fort Hays State University

Department

Biology

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

Shrews of the genus Blarina from Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri were studied morphometrically and karyologically. The ranges of the two species, B. brevicauda and B. hylophaga, were found to be sympatric in a broad zone across southern Iowa and northern Missouri. Morphometric analyses revealed an unexpectedly large amount of cranial variation in B. brevicauda, and confirmed the presence of that species in the Kansas River Valley of northeastern Kansas. Considerable mensural overlap was found in geographic areas in which B. hylophaga and B. brevicauda are sympatric, evincing the need for further karyotopic and morphometric studies in those areas.

Keywords

Biology

Advisor

Jerry R. Choate

Date of Award

Summer 1981

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

DOI

10.58809/BDYU1863

Recommended Citation

Moncrief, Nancy D., "Morphometric and Geographic relationships of Short-Tailed Shrews (Genus Blarina) in Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri" (1981). Master's Theses. 1822.
DOI: 10.58809/BDYU1863
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/1822

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