Morphometric discrimination betweenMartes martesandMartes foinain Italy: the use of the baculum

[摘要] Martes martes and Martes foina are the only two Italian species of the genus Martes. As they are very similar in morphology and coloration, their taxonomic identification may represent a hard task. We aimed to assess the reliability of baculum length as a

[学科分类] 动物科学

[关键词] Baculum Index;discrimination;morphometry;Pine marten;Stone marten