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Morphometrical relationships between South-east Asian deer (Cervidae, tribe Cervini): evolutionary and biogeographic implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2004

E. Meijaard  and
C. P. Groves
E. Meijaard
Affiliation:
School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, A. D. Hope Building 014, Ellery Cr. Australian National University, 0200 ACT, Australia
C. P. Groves
Affiliation:
School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, A. D. Hope Building 014, Ellery Cr. Australian National University, 0200 ACT, Australia
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Abstract

Two hundred and fourteen skulls of Asian deer species (Cervini) were measured and the resulting craniometric data analysed using multivariate statistics. Our results suggest that elements of skull shape as determined by morphometrics can be used as phylogenetic characters and depict phylogenetic relationships among Cervini deer species that is not far removed from the picture given by molecular studies and other characters. Morphometrics-based phylogeny was used in combination with other phylogenies and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions to investigate factors that may have influenced evolutionary changes. Our data indicate the need for a revision of the genus and subgenus level taxonomy of the Cervini.

Keywords

AsiadeerevolutionmorphometricspalaeoenvironmentCervidae
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Zoology , Volume 263 , Issue 2 , June 2004 , pp. 179 - 196
Copyright
2004 The Zoological Society of London

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