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. 2012 May 2;7(5):e36097. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036097

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.