Evidence of Morphological and Morphometric Differences in the Sella Turcica of Pteronotus mesoamericanus and P. mexicanus
Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Specimen Review
2.2. Photographs
2.3. Measurements
3. Results
3.1. General Description
3.2. Morphometry
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Locality | State | Biogeographic Regions (BIOGEO) | Lat. | Lon. | N |
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Chamela | Jalisco | Costa del Pacífico | 19.5 | −105.04 | 24 |
Compostela | Nayarit | Costa del Pacífico | 21.31 | −104.9 | 2 |
El Venado | Nayarit | Costa del Pacífico | 21.96 | −104.95 | 1 |
San Blas | Nayarit | Costa del Pacífico | 21.54 | −105.28 | 2 |
Tepic | Nayarit | Costa del Pacífico | 21.51 | −104.99 | 1 |
La Venta, Santo Domingo Ingenio | Oaxaca | Costa del Pacífico | 16.53 | −94.84 | 4 |
Magdalena Tacotepec | Oaxaca | Costa del Pacífico | 16.53 | −95.2 | 2 |
Pluma Hidalgo | Oaxaca | Costa del Pacífico | 15.9 | −96.45 | 1 |
San Francisco Huamelula | Oaxaca | Costa del Pacífico | 16.1 | −95.61 | 1 |
San José de las Flores | Oaxaca | Costa del Pacífico | 16.4 | −97.73 | 2 |
San Pedro Mixtepec | Oaxaca | Costa del Pacífico | 15.92 | −97.08 | 12 |
Santa María Petatengo | Oaxaca | Costa del Pacífico | 15.94 | −96.03 | 6 |
Santiago Jamiltepec | Oaxaca | Costa del Pacífico | 16.24 | −97.77 | 1 |
Santiago Tetepec | Oaxaca | Costa del Pacífico | 16.3 | −97.65 | 2 |
Copala | Sinaloa | Costa del Pacífico | 23.42 | −105.91 | 25 |
Álamos | Sonora | Costa del Pacífico | 27.04 | −109.01 | 40 |
Mina San Alberto, Mexiquillo | Sonora | Costa del Pacífico | 27.35 | −108.96 | 18 |
Constitución Mexicana | Oaxaca | Golfo de México | 17.31 | −95.35 | 1 |
Estación Los Tuxtlas | Veracruz | Golfo de México | 18.59 | −95.08 | 4 |
Chichen-itza | Yucatán | Yucatán | 20.6 | −88.59 | 7 |
Ticul-Muna | Yucatán | Yucatán | 20.45 | −89.63 | 14 |
Ticum | Yucatán | Yucatán | 20.15 | −89.22 | 11 |
Ayoquezco de Aldama | Oaxaca | Sierra Madre del Sur | 16.67 | −96.87 | 1 |
San Juan Mazatlán | Oaxaca | Sierra Madre del Sur | 17.71 | −97.89 | 1 |
San Miguel Cuevas | Oaxaca | Sierra Madre del Sur | 17.26 | −98.01 | 3 |
San Miguel Piedras | Oaxaca | Sierra Madre del Sur | 17 | −97.23 | 2 |
San Sebastian de las Grutas | Oaxaca | Sierra Madre del Sur | 16.62 | −96.95 | 7 |
Tepelmeme, Villa de Morelos | Oaxaca | Sierra Madre del Sur | 18.12 | −97.36 | 1 |
San José Miahuatlán | Puebla | Eje volcánico | 18.17 | −97.26 | 1 |
Number of individuals | 243 |
Measures | Null Hypothesis | Significance |
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1 | The distribution of the dorsum width is the same among BIOGEO categories. | 0.030 |
3 | The distribution of the perpendicular height of the left clinoid process is the same among BIOGEO categories. | 0.010 |
4 | The distribution of the length of the right clinoid process from the center of width 1 is the same among BIOGEO categories. | 0.005 |
5 | The length distribution of the left clinoid process from the center of the width is the same among BIOGEO categories. | 0.005 |
7 | The distribution of the base of the left clinoid process is the same between BIOGEO categories. | 0.013 |
11 | The width 11 distribution of the right clinoid process is the same between BIOGEO categories. | 0.009 |
12 | The width 12 distribution of the left clinoid process is the same between BIOGEO categories. | 0.000 |
15 | The width 15 distribution of the left clinoid process is the same between BIOGEO categories. | 0.004 |
19 | The length 19 distribution of the right clinoid process from the base of the right clinoid process is the same between BIOGEO categories. | 0.020 |
20 | The length 20 distribution of the left clinoid process from the base of the left clinoid process is the same between BIOGEO categories. | 0.009 |
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No. | Description of Measurement |
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1 | Width of the dorsum sellae; |
2 | Height of the right processus clinoideus caudalis; |
3 | Height of the left processus clinoideus caudalis; |
4 | Distance from the center of measurement 1 to the edge of the right processus clinoideus caudalis; the line must touch the edge of the clinoid process; |
5 | Distance from the center of the width of the dorsum sellae to the edge of the left processus clinoideus caudalis; |
6 | Width of the base of the right processus clinoideus caudalis; |
7 | Width of the base of the left processus clinoideus caudalis; |
8 | Thickness of the first quarter of the right processus clinoideus caudalis; |
9 | Thickness of the second quarter of the right processus clinoideus caudalis; |
10 | Thickness of the third quarter of the right processus clinoideus caudalis; |
11 | Thickness of the last quarter of the right processus clinoideus caudalis; |
12 | Thickness of the first quarter of the left processus clinoideus caudalis; |
13 | Thickness of the second quarter of the left processus clinoideus caudalis; |
14 | Thickness of the third quarter of the left processus clinoideus caudalis; |
15 | Thickness of the last quarter of the left processus clinoideus caudalis; |
16 | Angle between the lines of measurements 4 and 5; |
17 | Angle between the lines of measurements 4 and 6; |
18 | Angle between measurement lines 5 and 7; |
19 | Length A of the proper clinoid process from the base of the proper clinoid process; |
20 | Length A of the left clinoid process from the base of the left clinoid process. |
Species | Presence | Species | Presence |
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Pteronotus fulvus | P | Rhogeesa parvula | N |
Pteronotus psilotis | P | Lasiurus frantzii | N |
Mormoops megalophylla | P | Aeroestes cinereus | N |
Macrotus waterhousii | N | Plecotus mexicanus | N |
Balantiopterix plicata | N | Corynorhinus townsendii | N |
Noctilio leporinus | N | Eptesicus fuscus | N |
Tadarida brasiliensis | N | Myotis californicus | N |
Molossus rufus | N | Myotis keysi | N |
Nyctinomops macrotis | N | Myotis thysanodes | N |
Promops centralis | N | Myotis vellifer | N |
Molossus molosus | N | Myotis nigricans | N |
Rhogeesa alleni | N | Glossophaga soricina | P |
Artibeus lituratus | P |
Measure | Average | Minimum Value | Maximum Value | Standard Deviation | Variance | Significance |
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1 | 1.32 | 0.48 | 1.82 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
2 | 0.42 | 0.11 | 1.006 | 0.12 | 0.015 | 0.01 |
3 | 0.44 | 0.12 | 0.96 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
4 | 1.07 | 0.47 | 1.52 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
5 | 1.07 | 0.46 | 1.34 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
6 | 0.66 | 0.30 | 0.95 | 0.07 | 0.005 | |
7 | 0.66 | 0.30 | 0.89 | 0.07 | 0.005 | 0.01 |
8 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.5 | 0.07 | 0.005 | |
9 | 0.21 | 0.08 | 0.39 | 0.04 | 0.002 | |
10 | 0.21 | 0.07 | 0.38 | 0.05 | 0.003 | |
11 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.37 | 0.05 | 0.003 | 0.01 |
12 | 0.29 | 0 | 0.65 | 0.07 | 0.006 | 0.00 |
13 | 0.21 | 0 | 0.34 | 0.05 | 0.003 | |
14 | 0.21 | 0.004 | 0.44 | 0.06 | 0.004 | |
15 | 0.20 | 0.004 | 0.47 | 0.07 | 0.004 | 0.004 |
16 | 119.04 | 26.96 | 180 | 15.10 | 228.01 | |
17 | 29.86 | 12.13 | 50.66 | 7.17 | 51.53 | |
18 | 30.92 | 0.31 | 61.98 | 7.33 | 53.80 | |
19 | 0.78 | 0.33 | 1.22 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
20 | 0.79 | 0.31 | 1.08 | 0.12 | 0.01 |
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Peralta-Pérez, M.A.; Briones-Salas, M. Evidence of Morphological and Morphometric Differences in the Sella Turcica of Pteronotus mesoamericanus and P. mexicanus. Animals 2025, 15, 519. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15040519
Peralta-Pérez MA, Briones-Salas M. Evidence of Morphological and Morphometric Differences in the Sella Turcica of Pteronotus mesoamericanus and P. mexicanus. Animals. 2025; 15(4):519. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15040519
Chicago/Turabian StylePeralta-Pérez, M. A., and M. Briones-Salas. 2025. "Evidence of Morphological and Morphometric Differences in the Sella Turcica of Pteronotus mesoamericanus and P. mexicanus" Animals 15, no. 4: 519. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15040519
APA StylePeralta-Pérez, M. A., & Briones-Salas, M. (2025). Evidence of Morphological and Morphometric Differences in the Sella Turcica of Pteronotus mesoamericanus and P. mexicanus. Animals, 15(4), 519. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15040519