Table 3. Relative eye and orbital diameter and eye and orbit growth residuals in strepsirrhines.
Species | Relative axial eye diameter | Relative orbital aperture diameter | Relative transverse eye diameter | AD Growth Residual1 | OA Growth Residual | TD Growth Residual |
Eulemur coronatus | 0.02457 | −0.00076 | −0.00087 | −0.01494 | −0.00139 | −0.00204 |
Eulemur fulvus | 0.02096 | 0.00658 | 0.01028 | −0.02117 | −0.00391 | 0.00012 |
Eulemur macaco | −0.04144 | 0.00534 | −0.03546 | −0.00901 | 0.00012 | −0.02417 |
Eulemur mongoz | 0.01371 | −0.02575 | −0.00815 | −0.03453 | 0.01627 | −0.01311 |
Eulemur rubriventer | −0.03379 | −0.01147 | −0.01023 | 0.03907 | 0.00320 | 0.00506 |
Hapalemur griseus | −0.02577 | −0.01866 | 0.00401 | −0.03483 | −0.05801 | −0.05772 |
Varecia variegata | 0.01550 | 0.01246 | 0.00602 | 0.01168 | 0.02634 | 0.02845 |
Lemur catta | −0.00806 | −0.00418 | −0.00812 | −0.01111 | −0.02268 | −0.00356 |
Propithecus verreauxi | −0.00599 | 0.02232 | −0.00794 | 0.01498 | −0.03330 | 0.00782 |
Otolemur crassicaudatus | 0.03236 | −0.00846 | 0.02529 | −0.00267 | 0.05726 | 0.02445 |
Otolemur garnettii | 0.02816 | 0.02399 | 0.02161 | 0.01539 | −0.01898 | −0.00679 |
Galago moholi | 0.02655 | 0.04272 | 0.05384 | 0.02152 | −0.00431 | 0.013578 |
Galagoides demidoff | 0.02119 | −0.00557 | 0.00033 | −0.05534 | −0.03250 | −0.05453 |
Microcebus murinus | −0.00963 | 0.01244 | −0.02669 | −0.03193 | −0.05507 | 0.00057 |
Mirza coquereli | −0.01497 | −0.01171 | 0.01121 | 0.02229 | 0.02014 | 0.00093 |
Cheirogaleus medius | −0.03937 | −0.05412 | −0.03189 | −0.02144 | 0.02873 | −0.01561 |
Nycticebus pygmaeus | −0.00397 | 0.01484 | −0.00324 | 0.11204 | 0.07809 | 0.09655 |
AD, axial eye diameter; OA, orbital aperture diameter; TD, transverse eye diameter. “Growth residuals” were calculated using least-squares regressions. For each variable, the adult value was regressed against the neonatal value in order to calculate an “expected” adult value. Residuals were calculated from these equations. Since the predicted y value estimates the adult eye size for a given eye size at birth, the residuals approximate how much growth occurs postnatally as opposed to prenatally (positive values indicate more postnatal growth; negative growth residuals indicate more prenatal growth.