Sexual Dimorphism of the Maxillae in European Hare Using Geometric Morphometric Approach

In this study, 40 European hares (20 male and 20 female) that were obtained from the provinces of Elaz？？ and Malatya in Turkey, were used. The samples were evaluated by placing 23 landmarks on the ventral of the maxilla. After the landmarks were placedonto the pictures, which were developed by means of Thin Plate Spline (TPS) program, the landmarks were standardized by using Morpheus program. Pairwise test, principle component analysis (PCA) andDiscriminant Function Analysis (DFA) were applied to the data. The result of the statistical analysis with geometric morphometric techniques showed no sexual dimorphism (SD)in Europanhares (Lepus europaeus)