Table 5.

Species differences in the relative distal limb segment lengths

Test*	Statistic*	P-value	Adj. P-value	Prediction
Brachial index
Overall	χ2[2] = 83.9	< 0.001	–
O – S	U[46,31] = 2	< 0.001	< 0.001	O < S < L
O – L	U[46,22] = 0	< 0.001	< 0.001
S – L	U[31,22] = 0	< 0.001	< 0.001
Crural index
Overall	χ2[2] = 54.2	< 0.001	–
O – S	U[47,29] = 300	< 0.001	< 0.001	O < S < L
O – L	U[47,23] = 40	< 0.001	< 0.001
S – L	U[29,23] = 70	< 0.001	< 0.001
Metatarsal/femur ratio
Overall	χ2[2] = 25.3	< 0.001	–
O – S	U[12,22] = 0	< 0.001	< 0.001	O < S < L
O – L	U[12,2] = 0	0.018	0.021
S – L	U[22,2] = 2	0.021	0.021

^*Post-hoc tests are one-tailed Mann–Whitney U-tests of the null hypothesis that the more cursorial taxon displays greater brachial and crural indices. Table formatting and abbreviations follow Table 4.