Table 2.
Tukey’s Post-hoc test between regions for each measured morphological trait.
| Comparison | Northern-Central | Central-Southern | Northern–Southern | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diff. in mean (SE) | t value | p value | Diff. in mean (SE) | t value | p value | Diff. in mean (SE) | t value | p value | |
| Body mass | − 0.19 (0.03) | − 5.66 | **** | 0.50 (0.04) | 13.13 | **** | 0.68 (0.03) | 20.35 | **** |
| Head length | − 6.95 (0.94) | − 7.43 | *** | 2.88 (1.08) | 2.67 | * | 9.83 (0.96) | 10.27 | *** |
| Head width | − 3.08 (0.63) | − 4.91 | **** | 1.88 (0.72) | 2.59 | * | 4.95 (0.64) | 7.72 | **** |
| Body length | − 0.21 (0.91) | − 0.23 | 0.97 | 7.84 (1.05) | 7.45 | **** | 8.05 (0.93) | 8.63 | **** |
| Tail length | 5.65 (0.93) | − 6.10 | **** | 6.73 (1.07) | 6.31 | **** | 12.38 (0.95) | 13.09 | **** |
| Knee to heel | − 10.77 (1.51) | − 7.11 | **** | 8.45 (1.75) | 4.84 | **** | 19.21 (1.55) | 12.41 | **** |
| Ear length | − 5.71 (0.97) | − 5.92 | **** | 1.25 (1.11) | 1.12 | 0.50 | 6.96 (0.99) | 7.06 | **** |
| Ear width | − 4.31 (1.00) | − 4.32 | *** | 1.12 (1.15) | 0.97 | 0.60 | 5.44 (1.02) | 5.32 | **** |
****p < 0.0001, ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.