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) | |||||
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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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
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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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 |