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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Phys Anthropol. 2018 Mar 25;166(3):682–707. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23459

Table 3.

Summary statistics for vervet morphometric data

Taxon Location Sex Dental Age n Body Weight (kg) Body Length (cm) n Thigh (cm) Leg (cm) Foot (cm)
Mean S.D. Mean S.D. Mean S.D. Mean S.D. Mean S.D.
Ch. aethiops (n = 139) Ethiopia Male (n = 69) 1 8 0.55 0.15 18.33 2.08 - - - - - - -
2 16 1.25 0.24 25.66 2.02 - - - - - - -
3 4 1.61 0.11 30.20 2.72 - - - - - - -
4 3 1.72 0.36 29.70 2.10 - - - - - - -
5 4 2.33 0.11 32.23 2.80 - - - - - - -
6 5 3.54 1.06 36.32 2.48 - - - - - - -
Adult 29 4.02 0.68 38.18 2.91 - - - - - - -

Female (n =106) 1 2 0.24 0.13 15.45 0.64 - - - - - - -
2 12 1.29 0.13 25.72 2.27 - - - - - - -
3 4 1.79 0.42 28.13 2.78 - - - - - - -
4 4 1.84 0.42 30.15 3.99 - - - - - - -
5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
6 7 2.16 0.19 31.43 0.93 - - - - - - -
Adult 41 2.70 0.51 33.28 2.02 - - - - - - -

Ch. pygerythrus (n = 1065) Kenya Ch. p. hilgerti (n =352) Male (n = 183) 1 31 0.84 0.31 21.84 5.06 32 8.95 1.47 9.20 1.57 9.05 1.22
2 37 1.38 0.21 28.34 2.24 37 10.74 1.07 11.03 1.19 10.38 1.20
3 20 1.66 0.18 30.33 2.47 20 11.58 0.92 12.13 0.90 10.93 0.69
4 22 2.01 0.29 32.64 2.11 22 12.39 1.03 12.91 0.93 11.78 1.23
5 6 2.46 0.42 34.33 2.34 6 14.00 0.84 14.33 0.82 13.25 0.52
6 9 3.10 0.66 37.33 1.48 9 15.67 0.79 16.11 1.05 13.39 0.99
Adult 58 4.34 0.64 41.60 2.98 58 16.32 1.18 16.56 0.99 14.04 0.97

Female (n = 169) 1 6 0.92 0.10 23.42 1.53 6 9.58 0.97 10.05 0.91 9.13 0.67
2 16 1.40 0.32 28.33 2.63 16 10.81 0.98 11.38 1.18 10.47 0.85
3 9 1.63 0.11 30.61 1.96 9 11.50 0.71 12.17 0.79 11.33 0.35
4 12 1.73 0.25 31.67 1.89 12 11.79 1.10 12.38 1.09 11.17 0.72
5 2 2.38 0.53 35.00 0.00 2 15.00 2.12 14.50 0.71 13.25 0.35
6 31 2.41 0.33 34.47 2.28 31 13.65 0.97 13.92 0.98 12.05 0.53
Adult 93 2.97 0.48 36.77 2.91 94 14.07 1.14 14.23 1.08 12.14 0.86

South Africa Ch. p. pygerythrus (n =713) Male (n = 343) 1 27 1.37 0.42 24.46 3.52 28 11.09 1.37 12.21 1.60 10.46 0.90
2 78 1.86 0.45 28.51 3.07 79 12.50 1.19 13.61 1.23 11.39 1.07
3 39 2.24 0.48 30.09 3.63 39 13.72 1.16 15.05 1.17 12.17 1.01
4 43 2.74 0.55 33.85 3.72 43 14.71 1.21 16.21 1.16 13.13 0.98
5 21 3.15 0.53 34.71 2.94 22 15.48 1.46 17.30 1.31 13.84 0.92
6 31 4.48 1.17 38.98 3.84 31 17.32 1.34 18.84 1.19 14.71 1.22
Adult 104 5.69 0.73 40.81 3.56 104 18.50 1.24 19.95 1.08 14.92 0.80

Female (n = 370) 1 27 1.27 0.33 23.81 2.41 26 10.92 1.33 12.10 1.32 10.26 0.70
2 50 1.74 0.43 27.87 3.07 50 12.18 1.18 13.40 1.26 11.22 0.98
3 30 2.03 0.39 28.65 3.59 30 13.25 0.94 14.42 0.86 11.53 0.72
4 37 2.50 0.51 31.97 3.04 37 14.04 1.42 15.01 1.23 12.30 0.89
5 8 2.79 0.62 33.50 3.37 8 15.13 1.30 16.31 1.33 12.94 0.98
6 53 3.45 0.56 35.76 2.67 53 15.42 0.89 16.65 0.67 13.02 0.72
Adult 165 4.09 0.66 37.18 3.30 166 16.00 0.97 17.06 0.92 13.12 0.85

Ch. sabaeus (n = 409) St. Kitts & Nevis Male (n = 212) 1 21 0.96 0.21 22.67 5.90 22 9.50 0.83 10.93 1.82 9.59 0.81
2 28 1.37 0.45 26.14 3.95 28 11.20 1.30 12.37 2.10 10.70 1.05
3 19 2.05 0.39 29.66 2.11 19 13.11 1.17 14.53 1.18 11.84 0.80
4 15 2.36 0.46 31.40 2.85 14 13.89 1.38 15.54 1.41 12.54 1.18
5 16 2.69 0.46 32.91 3.29 16 14.59 1.05 16.00 1.06 13.25 1.83
6 37 4.04 0.92 36.77 3.84 38 16.84 1.47 18.58 1.39 14.45 0.85
Adult 90 5.67 0.74 40.41 3.08 90 18.24 0.83 19.81 0.76 15.11 0.67

Female (n = 183) 1 17 0.89 0.23 22.26 1.94 18 9.42 0.75 10.61 0.99 9.33 0.75
2 16 1.62 0.28 26.94 2.29 17 11.62 0.82 12.79 1.06 10.68 0.79
3 9 2.28 0.49 31.78 3.36 10 13.10 1.82 14.60 1.87 12.05 1.23
4 14 1.99 0.51 30.07 2.37 13 13.23 1.24 14.43 1.22 11.86 0.77
5 10 2.37 0.20 31.70 2.20 10 14.00 0.78 15.56 0.73 12.20 0.59
6 53 3.41 0.68 34.59 2.99 53 15.31 0.80 16.45 0.79 13.08 0.97
Adult 64 3.54 0.81 34.67 2.57 64 15.33 0.92 16.47 0.75 12.91 0.79