Table 2.
Correlations, sample sizes and log-likelihoods for mean-centred residuals. (Correlation coefficients are given between encephalization and each variable's residuals, re-centred such that the group mean is zero (see the electronic supplementary material for discussion). Gestation time and number of litters per year were reconstructed with significantly different among-group correlations, and each correlation and its log-likelihood is given. All other variables were reconstructed with a single, homogeneous correlation across Carnivora. Correlations that were significantly different from zero (log L < −2) are highlighted in bold.)
| variable | clade | r | n | log L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gestation time | Musteloidea | 0.378 | 46 | −3.474 |
| Herpestoids and Viverridae | −0.016 | 27 | −0.003 | |
| Ursidae, Canidae, Felidae, Nandinia | −0.468 | 55 | −6.698 | |
| newborn mass | Carnivora | 0.378 | 99 | −7.562 |
| weaning time | Carnivora | 0.001 | 108 | > −0.001 |
| weaning mass | Carnivora | 0.277 | 53 | −2.081 |
| litter size | Carnivora | −0.299 | 147 | −6.860 |
| litters per year | Arctoidea | 0.244 | 31 | −0.923 |
| Canidae, Feliformia | −0.301 | 57 | −2.655 | |
| BMR | Carnivora | 0.100 | 56 | −0.274 |