BM |
Body mass |
TL |
Total length, from tip of snout to tip of tail, measured in supine position |
BL |
Basal length |
PL |
Palate length, measured along the ∼ midline of the skull from the anterior to the alveoli for the first incisors to the posterior border of the palate |
LUTR |
Length of the upper tooth row, from the anterior margin of the C1 alveolus to the posterior margin of the last postcanine alveolus (M1 and M2), as a straight line distance |
LUPC |
Length of the upper postcanine tooth row, as measured from the anterior margin of the P1 alveolus to the posterior margin of the last postcanine alveolus (either M1 or M2) |
CW |
Width of the rostrum across the canines |
BZB |
Bizygomatic width of cranium |
LB |
Length of the auditory bulla along the medial margin from anterior opening of the auditory tube to the posterior lacerate foramen |
WB |
Width of the auditory bulla from the lateralmost margin of the eustachian tube to the medial margin of the bulla at the approximate midpoint of its length |
OCB |
Width across the occipital condyles |
HOC |
Height of the occipital shield along the midline, from the intercondylar notch to the junction of the sagittal and lambdoidal crests |
OL |
Length of orbit, the straightline distance between the antorbital process of the maxilla/frontal, to the postorbital process of the jugal |
LM |
Length of mandible from the anterior terminus to the approximate center of the posterior surface of the mandibular condyle |
LLTR |
Length of the lower tooth row, from the anterior margin of the C1 alveolus to the posterior margin of the M1
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LLPC |
Length of the lower postcanine tooth row, as measured from the anterior margin of the P1 alveolus to the posterior margin of the M1
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