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Table 3. Unstandardized canonical discriminant function coefficients, 

 external and skull characters, and skull characters only for four Peromyscus 

 species in the southeastern United States. 





External and 



Skull 



< 



Skull Onlj 



i 



Character 



Axis 1 



Axis 2 



Axis 3 



Axis 1 



Axis 2 



Axis 3 



Body 



-0.009 



-0.03 



0.013 









Foot 



0.366 



-0.016 



-0.008 









Tail 



-0.002 



0.194 



0.005 









SL 



0.633 



-0.199 



-1.295 



1.13 



-0.602 



-0.944 



BNL 



-0.287 



-0.38 



-0.325 



-0.465 



0.782 



-0.419 



RL 



0.443 



0.043 



2.687 



-0.356 



0.121 



2.714 



OC 



0.511 



-0.482 



-1.636 



0.393 



1.055 



-1.326 



PL 



-0.338 



-0.151 



0.058 









MTL 



2.041 



-0.461 



0.434 



2.016 



0.31 



1.219 



TTL 



0.567 



0.355 



-1.174 



1.342 



-1.551 



-0.908 



PW 



-0.007 



-0.764 



0.995 



-0.31 



0.762 



1.107 



PB 



1.11 



-0.583 



1.458 



-0.365 



2.57 



1.766 



BD 









-0.074 



2.958 



-0.047 



PBL 



0.997 



-0.298 



2.225 



0.298 



-0.233 



2.514 



Constant 



-37.36 



8.115 



20.128 



-38.27 



-21.09 



6.454 



Table 4. Group centroids for external and skull characters and for 

 skull characters only based on unstandardized canonical discriminant 

 function coefficients of four Peromyscus species in the southeastern 

 United States. 





External ai 



ad Skull 



Characters 



Skull 



Characters Only 



Species 



Axis 1 



Axis 2 



Axis 3 



Axis 1 



Axis 2 Axis 3 



P. gossypinus 



4.710 



-1.654 



-0.811 



4.309 



1.915 0.817 



P. leucopus 



-0.099 



-0.671 



-1.337 



0.356 



0.308 -1.261 



P. maniculatus 



-0.354 



4.328 



0.491 



-0.528 



-1.196 0.164 



P. polionotus 



-4.209 



-2.108 



1.616 



-4.121 



-1.000 0.255 



