Folia Historico-Naturalia Musei Matraensis - A Mátra Múzeum Természetrajzi Közleményei 12. (1987)

Czájlik, P.: A Talpa romana ehiki n. subsp. leírása, koponya méreteinek biometriai elemzése

Figure 6. Rostral width/Cb functions of Talpa romána populations. Legend: cross in ring - T. r. Macedinia, half-black circle - T. r. Southern Italy, cross in triangle - T. r. terra typica, full-black circle - Т. r. ehiki

, full-black triangle - T. europaea (Hungary), cross - T. г. Southern France characteristics of the habitat and rostral width. It also proves, that differences between subspecies evolved in geographical isolation

,are affected by longtern?and still effective climatic conditions. 2.45. The relationship between maximal diameter of maxillar M,

, as distinctive specific characteristic, and cliamate goodness was also studied. Only a loose correlation (P = 5 %) was obtained. This implies, that in creating this older specific characteristic climatic conditions had less effect. I think, that the diameter of max.illar M, is determined by the age of isolation. There are two isolating groups (northern = Talpa romána stankovici and Talpa romána ehiki

, southern=

Talpa romána terra typica and Talpa romána /S-Italy/)

, that were isolated much earlier, than the members within both groups. Each isolatum evolved in genetic connection with the other member of its group, the groups diverged from 148