Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 39(1) 1996

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VOL 39(1) 1996

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Allophaiomys, Early Pleistocene, taxonomy

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A contribution to the origin of Microtus (Arvicolidae, Rodentia) in Central Europe: the relationship between Mimomys and Allophaiomys from Kamyk (Poland)

• Andrzej GARAPICH
• Adam NADACHOWSKI

Abstract:

The morphology of M₁ and M³ of Allophaiomys deucalion and Mimomys tornensis from Kamyk (Poland) was studied using canonical discriminant analysis. The data obtained have confirmed the specific distinctness of these forms. It is doubtful whether the European M. tornensis is the direct ancestor of Allophaiomys. The appearance of the Allophaiomys deucalion/pliocaenicus group in Central Europe is presumably due to immigration, most probably from the Ukraine.