Table 8. SSD of the skull measurements in M. putorius and M. eversmanii.

Variables	M. putorius	F	p	M. eversmanii	F	p
CbL	8.0 ± 0.27	686.0	0 < 0.000001	4.9 ± 0.46	117.1	0 < 0.000001
NcL	5.8 ± 0.42	169.3	0 < 0.000001	3.2 ± 0.35	48.7	0 < 0.000001
VcL	10.6 ± 0.52	306.3	0 < 0.000001	7.5 ± 0.80	86.3	0 < 0.000001
PL	9.0 ± 0.29	585.0	0 < 0.000001	5.8 ± 0.48	104.7	0 < 0.000001
MxtL	7.0 ± 0.32	389.3	0 < 0.000001	4.4 ± 0.45	94.2	0 < 0.000001
Pm4L	6.7 ± 0.39	315.8	0 < 0.000001	3.5 ± 0.67	36.2	0 < 0.000001
BcL	6.4 ± 0.42	232.5	0 < 0.000001	4.1 ± 0.57	52.5	0 < 0.000001
AbL	7.1 ± 0.37	379.0	0 < 0.000001	4.2 ± 0.64	45.7	0 < 0.000001
ZyW	9.4 ± 0.31	459.8	0 < 0.000001	6.8 ± 0.46	135.1	0 < 0.000001
MW	9.6 ± 0.32	562.3	0 < 0.000001	6.4 ± 0.58	112.8	0 < 0.000001
PoW	5.7 ± 0.39	171.7	0 < 0.000001	1.7 ± 0.69	4.9	0.029
IW	9.3 ± 0.47	358.0	0 < 0.000001	7.0 ± 0.75	81.5	0 < 0.000001
RW	11.7 ± 0.39	601.3	0 < 0.000001	6.9 ± 0.69	101.5	0 < 0.000001
GpW	8.1 ± 0.32	579.5	0 < 0.000001	5.3 ± 0.51	100.8	0 < 0.000001
AbW	8.3 ± 0.46	246.1	0 < 0.000001	5.7 ± 0.64	68.3	0 < 0.000001
M1W	7.6 ± 0.46	211.4	0 < 0.000001	3.5 ± 0.89	20.6	0.000022
CH	7.4 ± 0.34	461.1	0 < 0.000001	5.5 ± 0.44	116.8	0 < 0.000001
ML	9.8 ± 0.30	684.8	0 < 0.000001	6.0 ± 0.47	141.6	0 < 0.000001
AL	9.6 ± 0.28	690.8	0 < 0.000001	5.8 ± 0.46	144.8	0 < 0.000001
MatL	7.7 ± 0.30	477.9	0 < 0.000001	5.0 ± 0.51	91.7	0 < 0.000001
m1L	7.5 ± 0.42	299.9	0 < 0.000001	4.1 ± 0.71	43.5	0 < 0.000001
MaH	12.6 ± 0.40	550.1	0 < 0.000001	7.7 ± 0.75	109.9	0 < 0.000001
MpW	9.0 ± 0.46	298.7	0 < 0.000001	2.5 ± 0.74	12.9	0.00059

F represents the F-ratio and p – the significance level for the test for difference in means of males and females for each measurement