L. Forró szerk.: Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 7. 1992 (Budapest, 1992)

Borroto Páez, R., Camacho Pérez, A.; Ramos García, I.: Variation in three populations of Capromys pilorides (Rodentia: Capromyidae), and the description of a new subspecies from the south of the Isle of Youth (Cuba)

Table 5. Similarity index and Nei's distance index for three populations of Capromys pilorides C. p. pilorides C. p. relictus southern form C. p. pilorides 0.9736 0.9802 C. p. relictus 0.0267 0.9958 southern form 0.0199 0.0042 I Capromys pilorides pilorides southern form Capromys pilorides relictus 1 I I I I 0.27 0.29 0.31 0.33 0.35 CORRELATION Fig. 2. Dendrogram of three populations of the conga hutia based on qualitative morphological characters Habitat Habitat characteristics of the southern form differ considerably from those of C. p. relictus. It typically lives in semideciduous forest on rocky karstic ground, with numerous "casimbas" (peculiar cavities in karstic rock) up to 1-2 meters deep (Mateo 1981). Hutias take refuge and build their nests in these "casimbas". Many adult individuals can be found in them. Although the conga hutia is a good climber, the terrestrial habits of the southern form are obvious, since it rarely takes to trees as a refuge. These habits are correlated with the fact that of all populations of hutias studied by us, this population has the highest mean weight. southern form 1 Capromys pilorides relictus ' Capromys pilorides pilorides I 1 I I I 0.020 0.015 0.010 0.005 0.000 NETS DISTANCE Fig. 3. Dendrogram of three populations of the conga hutia based on biochemical characters Miscnea zool. hung. 7., 1992