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Phylogeny and distribution of Palaearctic chipmunks Eutamias (Rodentia: Sciuridae)
 
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Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya 6, Moscow 125009, Russia
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Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
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Andrey A. Lissovsky   

Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya 6, Moscow 125009, Russia
Online publication date: 2017-03-06
Publication date: 2017-06-01
 
Hystrix It. J. Mamm. 2017;28(1):107–109
 
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We examined a cranial morphometric data set consisting of 940 specimens, as well as 156 complete sequences of the cytochrome b gene of Eutamias sibiricus. The geographic coordinates of 378 (northern chipmunk: 318; Chinese: 50; Korean: 10) localities were used for distribution modelling. Both morphology and genetics support existence of three subspecies of E. sibiricus: northern E. s. sibiricus, Chinese E. s. senescens, and Korean E. s. barberi. Chinese chipmunks form sister clade to northern chipmunks. Only 5.8% of the specimens have no strong similarities with representatives of their own geographical form in terms of cranial shape; an overwhelming majority of these specimens comes from the region of three taxa distributions junction. We expect two potential contact zones between Chinese and northern subspecies: in the south of the central part of the Great Khingan Range and in the central and south-eastern part of Liaoning, China.
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