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. 2017 Nov 21;232(2):214–226. doi: 10.1111/joa.12746

Table 1.

The percentage of ants in the diet, and the means and standard deviations for all morphological measurements

C. draconoides Pasio P. braconnieri P. cornutum Pcoronatum Pditmarsi P. hernandesi P. mcallii
% Ants 5 31 49 61 45 11 41 78
Snout‐vent length 72.46 ± 2.53 90.73 ± 17.69 53.79 91.76 ± 1.18 77.17 ± 9.67 77.59 69.69 ± 16.90 75.70 ± 0.51
Head length 15.27 ± 0.03 19.61 ± 3.65 14.36 19.49 ± 0.69 16.96 ± 2.21 18.81 15.41 ± 1.75 16.30 ± 0.65
Head height 8.69 ± 0.35 15.15 ± 2.59 12.80 17.05 ± 1.18 14.18 ± 1.33 16.86 13.17 ± 1.07 11.38 ± 0.49
Head width 12.21 ± 0.01 21.91 ± 3.80 17.89 20.28 ± 1.02 19.04 ± 1.96 24.57 16.83 ± 5.55 16.48 ± 0.42
Mandible length 15.28 ± 0.90 18.27 ± 4.26 12.86 16.37 ± 1.78 14.04 ± 1.08 19.13 15.17 ± 1.76 11.49 ± 0.56
Articular‐coronoid 4.83 ± 0.16 6.75 ± 1.72 4.58 6.86 ± 0.42 4.86 ± 0.30 7.34 5.24 ± 0.62 3.55 ± 0.08
Anterior dentary height 0.36 ± 0.04 0.83 ± 0.30 0.41 0.75 ± 0.13 0.59 ± 0.15 0.91 0.52 ± 0.07 0.64 ± 0.13
Posterior dentary height 1.94 ± 0.09 3.28 ± 0.61 2.07 3.08 ± 0.17 2.17 ± 0.27 4.62 2.59 ± 0.62 1.52 ± 0.14
Coronoid height 2.71 ± 0.10 4.01 ± 0.99 1.66 3.16 ± 0.10 2.67 ± 0.30 4.70 3.31 ± 0.45 1.64 ± 0.14
Tooth row length 7.47 ± 0.45 8.81 ± 1.66 5.77 8.25 ± 0.47 6.92 ± 1.05 8.91 7.88 ± 1.18 5.29 ± 0.19
Tooth number 21.67 ± 1.53 19.50 ± 0.71 20.00 19.00 ± 1.00 20.00 ± 1.73 24.00 16.33 ± 1.53 14.67 ± 2.08
In vivo bite force (N) 4.02 ± 1.51 8.03 ± 1.11 8.68 ± 3.79 3.15 ± 0.62
P. modestum Porbiculare P. platyrhinos P. solare Ptaurus S. magister Unotata
% Ants 66 41 56 89 56 23 20
Snout‐vent length 56.29 ± 2.26 76.31 ± 7.93 73.19 ± 0.52 96.56 ± 3.86 74.06 100.0 95.34 ± 9.97
Head length 12.57 ± 0.38 17.85 ± 1.21 16.90 ± 0.77 24.86 ± 1.00 15.52 21.75 16.93 ± 1.47
Head height 10.05 ± 0.22 15.45 ± 1.63 13.50 ± 0.01 15.84 ± 1.16 13.46 14.60 11.61 ± 0.93
Head width 15.92 ± 0.74 20.41 ± 1.96 19.24 ± 0.09 23.20 ± 1.65 19.68 20.51 15.67 ± 0.15
Mandible length 10.85 ± 0.72 16.36 ± 0.51 13.93 ± 0.49 16.45 ± 0.63 15.94 21.86 19.18 ± 2.39
Articular‐coronoid 3.55 ± 0.30 5.98 ± 0.49 4.47 ± 0.20 5.57 ± 0.28 6.03 7.09 6.65 ± 0.64
Anterior dentary height 0.48 ± 0.05 0.54 ± 0.05 0.67 ± 0.01 0.58 ± 0.05 0.58 0.85 0.54 ± 0.01
Posterior dentary height 1.19 ± 0.11 2.90 ± 0.23 1.83 ± 0.16 1.85 ± 0.10 2.62 3.57 2.56 ± 0.23
Coronoid height 1.54 ± 0.10 3.23 ± 0.08 2.09 ± 0.33 2.32 ± 0.09 3.08 4.72 3.70 ± 0.53
Tooth row length 4.96 ± 0.71 8.18 ± 0.59 6.33 ± 0.34 7.46 ± 0.39 7.83 11.28 9.45 ± 1.01
Tooth number 18.00 ± 2.65 19.00 ± 1.00 17.00 ± 1.41 16.00 ± 2.00 19.00 21.00 19.33 ± 0.58
In vivo bite force (N) 2.53 ± 1.15 2.94 ± 0.94 3.68 ± 1.81 18.07 ± 11.69 7.16 ± 3.73

Values are based on the individuals dissected in this study, except for the in vivo bite forces, which are based on field‐caught adult individuals. All linear measurements are in mm.