A positive correlation was identified between island area and the number
of haplotypes recovered and haplotype diversity (Pearson's r = 0.80 p - value = 0.03 and r = 0.77 p - value = 0.04, respectively).
Independent analyses
of two
of the most widely used mtDNA genes in mammalian phylogeography, cytochrome b and D - loop,
recovered only 15 and 20
haplotypes, respectively, instead
of the 35
haplotypes recovered by sequencing whole mitogenomes (S2 Table).