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Jaw length coefficient of variation (CV). Standard deviation expressed as a percentage of mean jaw length among specimens with all cheek teeth erupted; sample size (n) indicated in parentheses. Afrotherians are shown in bold. |
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| Taxon (n) |
CV jaw length |
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| Amblysomus hottentotus (9) |
4.49 |
| Chrysochloris asiatica (6) |
2.42 |
| Chrysospalax trevelyani (9) |
2.08 |
| Eremitalpa granti (12) |
2.42 |
| Elephantulus rozeti (8) |
2.99 |
| Rhynchocyon sp. (10) |
2.93 |
| Oryzorictes tetradactylus (5) |
3.80 |
| Potamogale velox (11) |
4.29 |
| Setifer setosus (10) |
9.80 |
| Tenrec ecaudatus (24) |
17.16 7.19 (4 females) 12.77 (7 males) |
| Procavia capensis (12) |
9.26 |
| Symphalangus syndactylus (7) |
4.03 |
| Hylobates sp. (6) |
7.21 |
| Saimiri sp. (10) |
5.50 |
| Otolemur crassicaudatus (14) |
5.30 |
| Perodicticus potto (7) |
4.67 |
| Lemur catta (9) |
3.15 |
| Eulemur fulvus (8) |
4.42 |
| Tupaia javanica (10) |
2.25 |
| Echinosorex gymnura (13) |
7.23 |
| Erinaceus sp. (12) |
4.73 |
| Otocyon megalotis (10) |
4.47 |
| Didelphis marsupialis (9) |
11.02 |
Asher and Lehmann BMC Biology 2008 6:14 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-14 |
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