Table 3. Descriptive femoral histomorphometry (Mean ± SD) of Bathyergus suillus and results of the two-way ANOVA showing tendencies during ontogeny and between sexes.

	Juveniles		Subadults		Adults		Sex			Age			Sex* Age			Scheffé test
	Male (n = 2)	Female (n = 4)	Male (n = 8)	Female (n = 8)	Male (n = 7)	Female (n = 12)	df	F	p	df	F	p	df	F	p	Age
Cs.Wi (mm)	3.97 ± 0.23	3.54 ± 0.18	5.06 ± 0.49	4.79 ± 0.51	6.06 ± 0.29	5.68 ± 0.58	1	4.200	0.048	2	44.899	<0.001	2	0.079	0.924	J < S < A
C.Ar (mm2)	9.45 ± 1.37	6.95 ± 0.60	13.83 ± 1.98	12.37 ± 1.91	18.81 ± 1.73	16.64 ± 2.57	1	7.330	0.010	2	50.968	<0.001	2	0.186	0.831	J < S < A
Ct.Ar (mm2)	6.71 ± 0.54	3.97 ± 0.36	11.41 ± 2.25	9.08 ± 2.52	16.24 ± 1.14	13.58 ± 2.23	1	11.931	0.001	2	52.809	<0.001	2	0.037	0.964	J < S < A
Me.Ar (mm2)	2.72 ± 0.82	2.86 ± 0.68	2.34 ± 0.72	3.23 ± 1.10	2.54 ± 0.65	2.89 ± 0.73	1	2.407	0.130	2	0.046	0.955	2	0.670	0.518	J = S = A
Es.Pm (mm)	6.00 ± 0.80	6.44 ± 0.87	5.71 ± 0.97	6.93 ± 1.07	6.20 ± 0.63	6.66 ± 0.86	1	4.654	0.038	2	0.142	0.868	2	0.862	0.431	J = S = A
RCA	0.71 ± 0.05	0.58 ± 0.08	0.82 ± 0.07	0.72 ± 0.11	0.87 ± 0.02	0.82 ± 0.04	1	14.167	0.001	2	17.587	<0.001	2	1.071	0.354	J < S < A
BC	0.71 ± 0.06	0.57 ± 0.08	0.82 ± 0.07	0.72 ± 0.12	0.86 ± 0.02	0.81 ± 0.04	1	14.153	0.001	2	17.100	<0.001	2	1.029	0.368	J < S < A
CDI	0.47 ± 0.04	0.35 ± 0.06	0.59 ± 0.08	0.49 ± 0.11	0.64 ± 0.03	0.57 ± 0.05	1	12.504	0.001	2	15.569	<0.001	2	0.485	0.620	J < (S = A)
R/t	2.15 ± 0.21	2.90 ± 0.51	1.72 ± 0.23	2.15 ± 0.52	1.58 ± 0.07	1.75 ± 0.15	1	15.917	<0.001	2	16.141	<0.001	2	1.971	0.154	J > (S = A)
S	0.02 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.01	0.02 ± 0.01	0.02 ± 0.01	0.02 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.01	1	7.343	0.010	2	2.392	0.106	2	1.734	0.191	J = (S ≠ A)
P	0.53 ± 0.04	0.65 ± 0.06	0.41 ± 0.08	0.51 ± 0.11	0.36 ± 0.03	0.43 ± 0.05	1	12.504	0.001	2	15.586	<0.001	2	0.484	0.621	J > (S = A)
n.Rc	2.5 ± 2.12	4 ± 4.36*	12.2 ± 7.16†	3.33 ± 1.75‡	4.17 ± 3.19‡	3.7 ± 3.97ᵻ	1	2.388	0.134	2	3.258	0.055	2	4.054	0.029	J = S = A
Tt.Rc.Ar (mm2)	0.01 ± 0.02	0.16 ± 0.21*	0.13 ± 0.08†	0.07 ± 0.05‡	0.04 ± 0.05‡	0.21 ± 0.17ᵻ	1	3.009	0.095	2	0.179	0.837	2	2.831	0.077	J = S = A
Ct.Po (%)	0.19 ± 0.23	4.55 ± 6.14*	1.24 ± 0.83†	0.72 ± 0.60‡	0.24 ± 0.32‡	1.47 ± 1.21ᵻ	1	5.278	0.030	2	1.115	0.343	2	2.715	0.085	J = S = A

Notes:

Abbreviations: C.Ar, core or sectional area; Cs.Wi, cross sectional maximum width; Ct.Ar, cortical area; Ct.Po, intracortical porosity; Es.Pm, endosteal perimeter; Me.Ar, medullary cavity area; n.Rc, number of resorption cavities per cross section/specimen; RCA, the relative cortical area; Tt.Rc.Ar, total resorbed bone area per individual.

Significant p-values in bold.

^*(n = 3).

^†(n = 5).

^‡(n = 6).

^ᵻ(n = 10).