Table 1 Information about sample types used in the study.

From: Museomics and morphological analyses of historical and contemporary peninsular Italian wolf (Canis lupus italicus) samples

Sample type

Sample size

Collection years

Sex

Genetic analyses

Morphometric analyses

Tissue samples

Blood samples

Petrous bones

Petrous bones and tissues

Skull

Skin

Body measures

Historical wolves (HW)

57

1993–2000

M

28

 

2

2

21 (12 Adults)

10

8

F

19

1

4

 

17 (8 Adults)

9

6

ND

  

1

 

1

1

 

Contemporary wolves (CW)

56

2020–2024

M

25

3

    

17

F

24

4

    

8

  1. For each biological category (tissue, blood, or petrous bone samples) and type of analyses (genetic or morphological), number of samples, years of collection and sex (M = male; F = female; ND = not detected) are reported.
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