Table 3. Results of principal components analyses (first, second, and third columns) and discriminant function analysis (fourth, fifth, and sixth columns) performed on four species of adult specimens of Ctenomys (n = 32).

See ‘Materials and Methods’ for explanation of abbreviations.

	PC 1	PC 2	PC 3	CV1	CV2	CV3
TLS	0.2441	0.0736	0.0121	194.190	−199.850	91.295
CIL	0.2593	0.1022	0.0488	−211.330	91.856	−58.718
NL	0.2211	0.0570	−0.2927	−25.375	39.623	11.656
NW	0.3208	−0.3105	−0.2616	−17.858	0.356	−67.057
FL	0.1013	0.4374	0.5292	11.691	80.611	−33.431
RW	0.3026	−0.1694	−0.0968	19.629	24.123	−31.217
ZB	0.2361	−0.2113	0.0797	−58.422	50.557	54.675
IOC	0.2088	−0.4623	0.1863	−40.370	15.997	17.102
BB	0.0798	−0.2447	0.0292	−25.949	−23.724	−28.129
BIB	0.2281	−0.0260	−0.1856	−73.318	−44.216	36.949
MB	0.2019	−0.0618	0.0140	61.675	81.031	55.401
IFH	0.2484	−0.0271	0.3688	61.711	−27.191	20.447
DL	0.3937	0.1413	0.2728	89.420	−88.507	−32.668
PM4L	0.2617	0.5495	−0.3796	−0.902	23.224	57.166
PL	0.3240	0.0588	0.1391	−15.295	−25.929	−53.192
TRL	0.1758	0.1253	−0.3217	−32.149	−25.869	−32.666
Eigenvalue	0.0170	0.0013	0.0009	9.54	2.62	1.14
% variance	79.29	5.74	4.34	67.77	18.61	8.11