Table 4. Absolute errors from various estimation methods when applied to the data on which each is based, as well as to pachyostotic marine mammals.

		With own data			With pachyostotic data
	n	Mean	Min	Max	Mean	Min	Max
Cetacea min S/B ratio	14	61.2%	0.0%	127.9%	174.6%	2.3%	287.0%
Cetacea mean S/B ratio	14	17.9%	0.2%	45.3%	80.0%	11.4%	146.7%
Cetacea max S/B ratio	14	29.3%	0.0%	56.1%	27.7%	0.9%	69.8%
Cetacea PGLS	14	18.9%	5.9%	35.3%	79.9%	13.2%	150.3%
Terrestrial PGLS	40	14.1%	0.6%	38.7%	18.3%	0.0%	66.1%
Manatee OLS truncated	11	13.6%	5.4%	31.1%	18.6%	1.7%	58.9%
Manatee OLS complete	38	18.9%	0.5%	81.2%	18.9%	0.5%	81.2%

Note:

S/B refers to Skeletal mass/Body mass ratio.