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. 2013 Jun 21;8(6):e66624. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066624

Table 10. Ratios of Semicircular Canal Arc Radius over Body Mass and Canal Lengtha.

Taxon Radius/Average Body Mass Length/Radius
Ant Lat Post Average Ant Lat Post
Marsupialia
 Didelphis 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.04 5.63 5.47 6.11
Eutheria
 Kulbeckia NA NA NA NA 4.80 4.29 4.75
 Ukhaatherium NA NA NA NA 4.55 4.28 4.88
 Zalambdalestes NA NA NA NA 4.77 4.36 4.53
Zhelestid NA NA NA NA 4.96 4.40 5.15
Afrotheria
 Chrysochloris 2.47 1.52 1.5980 1.8613 4.30 3.89 5.07
 Hemicentetes 1.00 0.62 0.8045 0.8068 4.52 3.59 5.41
 Macroscelides 3.43 2.74 2.6670 2.9490 4.25 4.00 5.10
Elephantimorpha NA NA NA NA 4.93 4.70 4.41
 Orycteropus 0.01 0.01 0.0060 0.01 4.96 5.03 .5.39
 Procavia 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.05 5.14 4.28 4.90
 Trichechus 0.001 0.001 0.0010 0.001 4.02 3.18 4.67
Xenarthra
 Dasypus 0.035 0.03 0.040 0.03 5.91 4.63 5.88
Laurasiatheria
 Atelerix 0.14 0.10 0.14 0.13 4.74 4.15 4.74
Balaenopteridae NA NA NA NA 4.19 4.05 4.94
 Bathygenys NA NA NA NA 5.08 4.68 5.59
 Canis NA NA NA NA 4.97 4.50 5.14
 Equus 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 4.79 4.02 5.32
 Eumetopias 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 4.33 4.72 4.92
 Felis 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.05 4.57 4.45 4.93
 Manis 0.03 0.02 0.04 0.03 4.52 3.49 4.23
 Nycteris 3.31 2.97 2.70 2.99 4.48 3.91 5.51
 Pteropus 0.36 0.30 0.31 0.32 4.37 4.56 5.20
 Rhinolophus 4.81 4.02 4.32 4.38 4.25 4.64 5.25
 Sorex 10.7 7.95 10.4 9.68 4.91 3.38 5.44
 Sus 0.003 0.002 0.003 0.003 4.86 3.87 4.89
 Tadarida 6.97 6.0395 6.0601 6.3556 4.62 4.45 4.88
 Tursiops 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 3.47 3.38 5.17
Euarchontoglires
 Cavia 0.26 0.22 0.22 0.23 4.79 4.13 5.02
 Cynocephalus 0.19 0.15 0.17 0.17 5.15 4.75 4.94
 Homo 0.004 0.003 0.004 0.004 4.61 4.39 4.76
 Lepus 0.10 0.07 0.07 0.08 4.89 4.13 4.80
 Macaca 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.06 4.74 4.29 5.13
 Mus 5.01 3.89 4.31 4.40 4.98 4.12 5.39
 Sylvilagus 0.16 0.11 0.12 0.13 4.84 4.38 5.13
 Tupaia 1.32 1.10 1.14 1.18 5.35 5.46 5.40
a

Ratio of radius over body mass multiplied by 100. Sources for body mass: Eumetopias [90], Homo [91], all other taxa [89].