APPENDIX 2 in 2 D Geometric morphometrics of the first lower molar of the genus Meles Brisson, 1762 including new badger evidence from the Lower Pleistocene Quibas site (Murcia, Spain)

APPENDIX 2. — PC scores (PC1-PC6) from the PCA analysis, explaining. PC1-PC4 are shown after carrying out the scree plot. PC1 (28.23%)PC2 (12.42%)PC3 (9.02%)PC4 (8.51%)Arctonyx albogularis (Blyth, 1853)–0.108410 –0.032454 –0.0916460.020135 0.023268 0.0148060.018050 –0.030173 0.0167370.008444 0.002667 0.011227M. meles atavus Kormos, 19140.026795 0.0142670.035083 0.019402–0.012693 –0.012123–0.000523 –0.007705Meles chiai Teilhard de Chardin, 1940–0.0288000.0030530.0139910.048391Meles leucurus (Hodgson, 1847)–0.058216 –0.023334 –0.049175 –0.038515 –0.067472 –0.030495 –0.0652480.037928 0.026102 0.015011 0.040799 –0.035641 0.020503 –0.0138100.009112 –0.043172 –0.045607 0.023364 0.017134 –0.004191 –0.0305470.034417 –0.015400 0.001664 0.038707 –0.009946 0.027703 –0.020554Meles magnus Jiangzou, Liu, Wagner & Chen, 2018–0.044165 –0.026666 –0.032658–0.001748 –0.039710 –0.036121–0.009114 –0.009687 0.006002–0.033911 0.062013 0.041261Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758) (current)0.041833 0.007870 0.047742 0.026632 0.007616 –0.008500 0.085898 0.048196 0.030452 –0.000236 0.032733 0.033117 –0.002207 –0.002717 0.037114 0.044459 0.009782 –0.027475 0.007018 0.012809 0.002599 0.036076 0.011148 0.039546 0.007172 –0.010270 –0.011191 0.047677 0.008406 –0.000538 0.066333 0.034421 0.031355 0.011801 0.005347 –0.010979 –0.030950 0.034064 0.013229 0.000816 0.019665 0.000863 –0.015414 0.002652 0.034003 –0.011184 0.023295 –0.006857 0.012502 0.013333 0.015391 0.019855 –0.020635 0.046692–0.019851 –0.001472 0.000367 0.017241 0.004481 –0.008929 0.029711 –0.002597 0.033093 –0.000675 –0.014378 0.017231 –0.011924 –0.011017 –0.029759 –0.033031 –0.020078 –0.032618 –0.039302 –0.039924 0.009299 0.016149 –0.012227 0.002926 –0.006467 –0.016706 –0.002896 0.021885 –0.008252 –0.013499 0.002545 –0.013870 0.020214 0.002285 0.000020 0.007800 0.012330 –0.005850 –0.036894 –0.012209 0.015754 –0.011366 –0.017588 0.000669 0.025703 –0.032239 0.010560 –0.030752 –0.014270 –0.015821 0.018384 0.006206 0.007988 –0.0218650.012366 –0.029847 –0.027657 0.001275 0.008633 –0.016715 –0.004056 –0.006729 –0.005871 –0.015515 0.002950 0.027179 –0.001920 –0.003237 –0.012073 0.004973 –0.011321 –0.005480 0.013471 –0.004904 0.004830 –0.003043 0.019059 –0.009970 0.003682 –0.000549 0.022332 0.021314 –0.020594 –0.014120 –0.000743 –0.007516 –0.006779 –0.041036 –0.035267 –0.017160 0.018475 –0.009386 0.041810 –0.000321 0.005288 0.003932 0.013304 0.018780 –0.027435 0.038790 0.006152 0.009746 0.008506 0.005692 0.026210 –0.022458 –0.013839 0.0002780.001196 0.007661 0.006729 0.024386 –0.014611 –0.003191 0.001079 0.009927 –0.016422 –0.004324 0.004905 –0.006690 –0.007320 0.006693 0.032326 0.009864 0.003525 –0.016323 –0.004873 –0.002848 0.017480 0.002560 –0.021824 0.008739 –0.016408 –0.017227 –0.013382 –0.005594 –0.009727 –0.003637 0.007983 0.022196 0.014597 –0.008230 –0.022213 –0.010629 –0.003258 –0.008907 –0.017583 –0.020591 0.002217 –0.031436 –0.027481 –0.007924 0.002340 –0.000992 0.001317 –0.013009 –0.012381 0.001377 –0.023726 0.005371 –0.024726 –0.002358Meles meles (fossil)–0.004739–0.0040080.030330–0.016621–0.029289–0.0143050.0069130.021557–0.052745–0.002700–0.012890–0.0050970.0089010.0196690.0062710.046909–0.0046300.0145300.037114–0.0210460.0254560.0730410.058783–0.0068380.0010960.0366820.0163060.0115340.0030280.013443–0.0014770.002226–0.0460830.0293120.000181–0.029442–0.0535560.028910–0.027528–0.016883Meles sp. (Quibas site)–0.0173870.0088190.0070420.001561Meles teihardi Qiu, Deng & Wang, 2004–0.006464–0.036418–0.0035990.027942Meles thorali Viret, 1951–0.019759–0.0405550.0119840.001119