Table 6.
Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and associated significance values (P) for the relationship between cranial length and level of suture closure. Outgroups marked with an asterisk (*)
| Species | Correlation coefficient | P |
|---|---|---|
| Marmota marmota* | −0.38 | 0.07 |
| Castor fiber* | −0.46 | 0.05 |
| Ondatra zibethicus* | −0.19 | 0.31 |
| Nannospalax ehrenbergi* | −0.77 | < 0.01 |
| Rhizomys sumatrensis* | −0.57 | 0.07 |
| Thryonomys swinderianus | −0.41 | < 0.05 |
| Hystrix cristata | −0.54 | 0.05 |
| Hystrix brachyura | 0.17 | 0.56 |
| Atherurus africanus | 0.17 | 0.65 |
| Bathyergus suillus | −0.52 | 0.10 |
| Sphiggurus villosus | −0.42 | < 0.05 |
| Sphiggurus insidiosus | −0.57 | < 0.05 |
| Erethizon dorsatum | −0.03 | 0.91 |
| Coendou prehensilis | −0.50 | 0.01 |
| Cuniculus paca | −0.48 | < 0.01 |
| Myoprocta acouchy | 0.26 | 0.36 |
| Dasyprocta leporina | −0.54 | 0.01 |
| Dasyprocta fuliginosa | −0.73 | < 0.05 |
| Kerodon rupestris | 0.22 | 0.42 |
| Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris | −0.13 | 0.47 |
| Dolichotis patagonum | 0.16 | 0.35 |
| Galea spixii | 0.33 | 0.19 |
| Cavia porcellus | 0.31 | 0.06 |
| Cavia aperea | 0.22 | 0.42 |
| Spalacopus cyanus | 0.11 | 0.79 |
| Octodon degus | 0.25 | 0.34 |
| Proechimys cuvieri | −0.37 | 0.07 |
| Makalata armata | 0.24 | 0.48 |
| Myocastor coypus | 0.42 | 0.05 |
| Capromys pilorides | 0.43 | 0.24 |
| Chinchilla lanigera | 0.14 | 0.62 |