Euroscaptor darwini sp. nov., a new species of mole (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) from the north-central mountains in Vietnam Author Nguyen, Son Truong 0000-0003-3214-4407 Institute of Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam Author Bui, Hai Tuan 0000-0003-4065-7229 Faculty of Biology, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University (VNU), 334 Nguyen Trai Road, Hanoi, Vietnam Author Dau, Vinh Quang 0000-0002-8976-1644 Hong Duc University, 565 Quang Trung Road, Thanh Hoa, Vietnam Author Le, Phuong Dinh Pu Luong Nature Reserve, Thanh Hoa, Vietnam Author Vu, Yen Huong https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4643-167X Institute of Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Hanoi, Vietnam & Faculty of Biology, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University (VNU), 334 Nguyen Trai Road, Hanoi, Vietnam text ZooKeys 2025 2025-10-10 1255 239 274 journal article 312575 10.3897/zookeys.1255.161942 1abe6cfb-401a-4d86-94e7-6b3023e65ed2 3C3E0CF2-85BF-4F5C-B4D3-9140F0BE2BC9

Table 6. Character factor loadings for log-transformed measurements (PCs 1, 2, 3) among all taxa and between E. darwini sp. nov. and E. subanura.

Character	All taxa			E. darwini and E. subanura
	PC 1	PC 2	PC 3	PC 1	PC 2	PC 3
GLS	0.17	–0.05	– 0.05	0.09	–0.03	0.01
BB	0.12	0.04	–0.06	0.06	0.00	0.06
IOB	0.04	0.13	0.01	0.08	0.05	0.01
BIOF	0.09	0.02	0.24	–0.01	0.44	0.17
RB	0.14	–0.17	– 0.16	0.10	–0.17	0.19
LZA	0.27	–0.24	– 0.35	0.05	–0.45	0.00
PZRW	0.14	0.06	–0.18	0.06	–0.18	0.17
ACRB	– 0.07	0.32	0.17	0.02	0.08	0.05
FMW	0.14	–0.19	0.00	–0.04	0.18	–0.07
CCoL	0.18	– 0.02	– 0.08	0.12	–0.01	0.02
PL	0.20	0.08	0.01	0.12	0.02	–0.05
I 1 – M 3	0.18	0.12	0.02	0.21	0.03	0.07
I 1 – P 4	0.17	0.08	0.10	0.22	0.03	–0.22
I 1 – P 3	0.17	0.13	0.11	0.26	–0.08	– 0.37
I 1 – C	0.23	– 0.30	– 0.12	0.10	–0.21	– 0.07
C – M 3	0.17	0.17	0.01	0.23	0.05	0.03
C – P 4	0.15	0.13	0.15	0.24	0.11	–0.38
P 4 – M 3	0.18	0.13	–0.09	0.19	0.00	0.31
P 1 – P 4	0.11	0.12	0.25	0.02	0.15	–0.36
M 1 – M 3	0.17	0.19	–0.14	0.29	–0.03	0.29
M 2 – M 2 W	0.10	0.06	–0.11	0.18	0.06	0.14
CCW	0.16	–0.13	– 0.14	0.11	–0.18	0.04
PWCC	0.12	–0.12	– 0.16	0.06	–0.10	0.13
PWM 2 M 2	0.04	0.00	–0.11	0.18	0.01	0.11
PWM 3 M 3	0.09	–0.02	– 0.04	0.13	0.15	0.21
ML	0.19	0.01	–0.06	0.15	–0.02	0.01
CAL	0.22	–0.04	– 0.16	0.07	–0.04	0.05
MH	0.20	0.02	–0.06	0.19	0.00	–0.10
i 1 – m 3	0.18	0.13	0.06	0.23	0.04	–0.06
p 1 – m 3	0.15	0.24	0.01	0.24	0.01	–0.04
p 4 – m 3	0.17	0.25	–0.08	0.25	–0.01	0.14
i 1 – p 4	0.14	0.07	0.09	0.04	0.04	–0.01
m 1 – m 3	0.18	0.22	–0.04	0.31	–0.04	0.20
i 1 – c	0.26	–0.39	0.59	0.02	0.55	0.08
i 1 – p 1	0.27	–0.19	0.30	0.21	0.18	–0.25
p 1 – p 4	0.15	0.27	0.10	0.24	0.02	–0.28
% variance	67.70	9.37	4.12	42.37	16.10	8.74