Table 2. Body size parameters (Mean ± SD) of Bathyergus suillus; and results of the two-way ANOVA showing significance levels for differences in ontogeny, sex and their interaction.

	Juveniles		Subadults		Adults		Two-way ANOVA (p)									Scheffé test
	Male (n = 2)	Female (n = 3)	Male (n = 8)	Female (n = 8)	Male (n = 7)	Female (n = 12)	df	F	p-Sex	df	F	p-Age	df	F	p-Sex × Age	p < 0.001
BM (g)	533 ± 91.92	318 ± 135.47	843.25 ± 225.81	623.25 ± 178.06	1474.57 ± 186.92	991.67 ± 203.93	1	16.94	<0.001	2	45.62	<0.001	2	2.19	0.127	J < S < A
BL (mm)	260 ± 7.07	218.33 ± 22.54	308.13 ± 13.07	275.38 ± 13.07	366 ± 12.79	317.75 ± 9.41	1	72.14	<0.001	2	148.35	<0.001	2	1.59	0.220	J < S < A
FL (mm)	34.6 ± 0.14	31.33 ± 1.76	43.18 ± 3.88	39.41 ± 2.49	52.14 ± 2.45	46.29 ± 2.58	1	16.73	<0.001	2	77.04	<0.001	2	0.82	0.449	J < S < A

Notes:

Abbreviations: body mass (BM), body length (BL) and femoral length (FL)