Table 4.

Arithmetic means and respective standard deviations of mass (M), mean fascicle length (Mfasc), physiological cross‐sectional area (PCSA) and architectural indexes (AI) of the muscles of the thoracic limb in adult specimens of Lycalopex gymnocercus (n = 8), according to sex

Muscle	All individuals (n = 8)				Males (n = 5)				Females (n = 3)
	M (g)	Mfasc (cm)	PCSA (cm2)	AI	M (g)	Mfasc (cm)	PCSA (cm2)	AI	M (g)	Mfasc (cm)	PCSA (cm2)	AI
ABIL	1.00 ± 0.13	0.71 ± 0.19	1.38 ± 0.45	0.08 ± 0.03	0.97 ± 0.09	0.73 ± 0.24	1.33 ± 0.51	0.08 ± 0.03	1.04 ± 0.18	0.68 ± 0.11	1.46 ± 0.43	0.07 ± 0.01
ANC	1.65 ± 0.47	1.67 ± 0.52	0.91 ± 0.35	0.34 ± 0.14	1.89 ± 0.31	1.68 ± 0.61	1.04 ± 0.39	0.30 ± 0.16	1.25 ± 0.45	1.64 ± 0.45	0.70 ± 0.13	0.40 ± 0.12
BBR	7.15 ± 1.36	1.55 ± 0.42	4.45 ± 1.40	0.16 ± 0.04	7.42 ± 1.41	1.46 ± 0.52	4.98 ± 1.49	0.15 ± 0.05	6.71 ± 1.42	1.71 ± 0.08	3.57 ± 0.73	0.18 ± 0.02
BRC	4.29 ± 0.74	3.49 ± 0.77	1.17 ± 0.32	0.33 ± 0.07	4.48 ± 0.56	3.59 ± 0.90	1.20 ± 0.41	0.34 ± 0.08	3.96 ± 1.03	3.31 ± 0.63	1.11 ± 0.16	0.31 ± 0.04
CLB	5.35 ± 1.62	6.83 ± 0.74	0.74 ± 0.21	0.64 ± 0.08	5.38 ± 1.41	6.96 ± 0.63	0.74 ± 0.20	0.67 ± 0.09	5.30 ± 2.27	6.62 ± 1.02	0.75 ± 0.28	0.59 ± 0.02
CLCe	6.51 ± 2.18	12.11 ± 1.63	0.51 ± 0.19	0.76 ± 0.11	6.30 ± 2.32	12.83 ± 1.63	0.46 ± 0.14	0.78 ± 0.12	6.84 ± 2.38	10.92 ± 0.76	0.60 ± 0.25	0.73 ± 0.10
CLM	6.46 ± 1.55	12.80 ± 1.57	0.49 ± 0.15	0.79 ± 0.05	6.63 ± 1.35	13.26 ± 1.86	0.48 ± 0.14	0.81 ± 0.06	6.16 ± 2.13	12.03 ± 0.52	0.49 ± 0.19	0.77 ± 0.01
CRB	0.78 ± 0.19	0.90 ± 0.23	0.87 ± 0.33	0.24 ± 0.10	0.82 ± 0.22	0.94 ± 0.24	0.88 ± 0.42	0.24 ± 0.11	0.72 ± 0.11	0.82 ± 0.25	0.85 ± 0.17	0.23 ± 0.10
DLA	3.20 ± 0.81	1.41 ± 0.27	2.11 ± 0.34	0.27 ± 0.05	3.27 ± 0.71	1.40 ± 0.29	2.16 ± 0.32	0.26 ± 0.05	3.07 ± 1.11	1.41 ± 0.31	2.01 ± 0.42	0.28 ± 0.05
DLS	4.82 ± 1.24	3.57 ± 0.76	1.30 ± 0.40	0.45 ± 0.11	4.84 ± 1.31	3.44 ± 0.82	1.35 ± 0.40	0.41 ± 0.09	4.79 ± 1.39	3.77 ± 0.75	1.23 ± 0.48	0.51 ± 0.14
ECR	5.33 ± 1.06	2.33 ± 0.43	2.15 ± 0.50	0.26 ± 0.06	5.66 ± 0.88	2.18 ± 0.36	2.41 ± 0.42	0.24 ± 0.06	4.79 ± 1.28	2.58 ± 0.49	1.71 ± 0.23	0.28 ± 0.08
EDC	1.98 ± 0.37	1.39 ± 0.37	1.38 ± 0.33	0.18 ± 0.05	2.05 ± 0.36	1.46 ± 0.28	1.35 ± 0.37	0.18 ± 0.03	1.87 ± 0.42	1.28 ± 0.53	1.43 ± 0.30	0.18 ± 0.08
EDL	0.92 ± 0.28	1.22 ± 0.21	0.75 ± 0.34	0.16 ± 0.05	1.04 ± 0.26	1.14 ± 0.20	0.89 ± 0.34	0.14 ± 0.03	0.71 ± 0.16	1.35 ± 0.17	0.51 ± 0.18	0.19 ± 0.07
FCR	1.19 ± 0.25	1.12 ± 0.20	1.00 ± 0.20	0.19 ± 0.04	1.18 ± 0.32	1.08 ± 0.15	1.01 ± 0.23	0.17 ± 0.01	1.21 ± 0.11	1.17 ± 0.30	0.99 ± 0.17	0.21 ± 0.07
FCUH	2.70 ± 0.41	1.03 ± 0.23	2.54 ± 0.57	0.09 ± 0.02	2.90 ± 0.32	0.95 ± 0.17	2.88 ± 0.24	0.08 ± 0.01	2.36 ± 0.31	1.16 ± 0.29	1.97 ± 0.52	0.11 ± 0.03
FCUU	0.89 ± 0.20	0.93 ± 0.25	0.91 ± 0.24	0.14 ± 0.03	0.89 ± 0.25	0.86 ± 0.25	0.98 ± 0.28	0.13 ± 0.04	0.89 ± 0.08	1.06 ± 0.23	0.80 ± 0.14	0.16 ± 0.03
FDPH	8.73 ± 1.08	1.44 ± 0.31	5.65 ± 1.60	0.12 ± 0.04	8.76 ± 1.34	1.24 ± 0.13	6.30 ± 1.70	0.10 ± 0.01	8.69 ± 0.71	1.77 ± 0.22	4.56 ± 0.65	0.16 ± 0.03
FDPR	0.50 ± 0.19	1.26 ± 0.44	0.41 ± 0.21	0.19 ± 0.08	0.55 ± 0.23	1.04 ± 0.28	0.51 ± 0.21	0.15 ± 0.05	0.43 ± 0.11	1.61 ± 0.47	0.25 ± 0.04	0.24 ± 0.09
FDPU	0.90 ± 0.26	0.80 ± 0.18	1.07 ± 0.26	0.09 ± 0.02	0.96 ± 0.31	0.80 ± 0.20	1.13 ± 0.32	0.08 ± 0.03	0.81 ± 0.12	0.80 ± 0.16	0.95 ± 0.07	0.09 ± 0.01
FDS	2.65 ± 0.49	1.30 ± 0.60	2.32 ± 1.14	0.12 ± 0.07	2.80 ± 0.58	1.06 ± 0.51	2.84 ± 1.09	0.09 ± 0.04	2.40 ± 0.10	1.70 ± 0.60	1.45 ± 0.60	0.17 ± 0.08
INS	17.70 ± 2.88	2.30 ± 0.64	7.17 ± 1.56	0.25 ± 0.08	18.23 ± 3.04	2.12 ± 0.36	7.76 ± 1.34	0.26 ± 0.04	16.82 ± 2.95	2.60 ± 0.99	6.17 ± 1.58	0.30 ± 0.11
LTD	34.27 ± 5.97	14.89 ± 1.37	2.08 ± 0.51	0.63 ± 0.06	33.85 ± 6.67	14.89 ± 1.08	2.04 ± 0.49	0.63 ± 0.07	34.96 ± 5.89	14.89 ± 2.06	2.15 ± 0.63	0.61 ± 0.06
OMT	5.75 ± 1.19	13.97 ± 1.97	0.40 ± 0.10	0.76 ± 0.11	5.80 ± 1.33	15.02 ± 1.61	0.37 ± 0.12	0.80 ± 0.12	5.66 ± 1.20	12.21 ± 0.99	0.43 ± 0.08	0.69 ± 0.04
PCD	3.43 ± 0.77	6.60 ± 1.25	0.51 ± 0.18	0.70 ± 0.10	3.46 ± 0.86	6.56 ± 1.55	0.53 ± 0.20	0.70 ± 0.11	3.38 ± 0.76	6.67 ± 0.78	0.49 ± 0.16	0.69 ± 0.12
PCP	36.43 ± 7.85	10.71 ± 1.00	3.21 ± 0.76	0.51 ± 0.07	36.45 ± 7.97	10.81 ± 1.14	3.17 ± 0.75	0.49 ± 0.08	36.39 ± 9.41	10.55 ± 0.92	3.28 ± 0.96	0.53 ± 0.06
PCT	10.26 ± 2.45	5.74 ± 0.73	1.69 ± 0.35	0.74 ± 0.10	10.44 ± 2.51	5.79 ± 0.93	1.70 ± 0.30	0.77 ± 0.10	9.95 ± 2.85	5.64 ± 0.36	1.67 ± 0.51	0.68 ± 0.09
PRQ	0.90 ± 0.27	0.50 ± 0.05	1.70 ± 0.43	0.05 ± 0.00	0.90 ± 0.30	0.52 ± 0.04	1.64 ± 0.50	0.05 ± 0.00	0.90 ± 0.26	0.47 ± 0.06	1.79 ± 0.34	0.05 ± 0.01
PRT	0.97 ± 0.29	0.85 ± 0.32	1.16 ± 0.42	0.16 ± 0.06	1.08 ± 0.29	0.85 ± 0.36	1.29 ± 0.43	0.16 ± 0.06	0.79 ± 0.22	0.84 ± 0.32	0.95 ± 0.35	0.14 ± 0.07
RHC	3.51 ± 1.00	5.13 ± 1.09	0.63 ± 0.11	0.45 ± 0.07	3.90 ± 1.11	5.40 ± 1.16	0.66 ± 0.11	0.48 ± 0.05	2.85 ± 0.07	4.69 ± 1.00	0.58 ± 0.10	0.39 ± 0.07
RHT	6.91 ± 1.07	3.20 ± 0.92	2.14 ± 0.54	0.54 ± 0.12	7.12 ± 1.17	3.35 ± 1.08	2.13 ± 0.66	0.56 ± 0.11	6.56 ± 0.99	2.93 ± 0.68	2.16 ± 0.36	0.50 ± 0.16
SBS	13.80 ± 2.37	1.04 ± 0.25	12.61 ± 2.17	0.14 ± 0.03	14.45 ± 2.31	1.05 ± 0.33	13.27 ± 2.44	0.13 ± 0.03	12.70 ± 2.47	1.01 ± 0.08	11.50 ± 1.29	0.14 ± 0.02
SPS	23.30 ± 4.91	3.15 ± 0.58	6.69 ± 1.24	0.32 ± 0.06	24.93 ± 3.26	3.18 ± 0.65	7.17 ± 1.27	0.31 ± 0.07	20.60 ± 6.74	3.09 ± 0.58	5.90 ± 0.80	0.32 ± 0.03
SUP	0.50 ± 0.08	1.10 ± 0.52	0.48 ± 0.17	0.33 ± 0.13	0.51 ± 0.09	1.07 ± 0.63	0.52 ± 0.18	0.30 ± 0.15	0.47 ± 0.07	1.14 ± 0.35	0.41 ± 0.14	0.36 ± 0.11
SVC	16.47 ± 2.17	7.21 ± 0.90	2.04 ± 0.37	0.56 ± 0.09	17.01 ± 2.38	7.35 ± 1.05	2.09 ± 0.48	0.59 ± 0.09	15.58 ± 1.82	6.99 ± 0.77	1.95 ± 0.04	0.51 ± 0.05
SVT	17.50 ± 4.00	2.79 ± 0.70	5.47 ± 2.18	0.37 ± 0.11	18.42 ± 4.64	2.66 ± 0.85	5.94 ± 2.74	0.38 ± 0.12	15.98 ± 2.71	3.02 ± 0.35	4.70 ± 0.36	0.36 ± 0.09
TBA	5.48 ± 1.27	4.17 ± 0.79	1.23 ± 0.17	0.45 ± 0.09	5.63 ± 1.41	4.29 ± 0.94	1.23 ± 0.17	0.46 ± 0.11	5.23 ± 1.23	3.96 ± 0.57	1.23 ± 0.20	0.43 ± 0.06
TBLa	13.80 ± 3.16	4.17 ± 0.59	3.02 ± 0.43	0.43 ± 0.07	14.33 ± 3.72	4.36 ± 0.67	2.96 ± 0.35	0.45 ± 0.07	12.92 ± 2.31	3.86 ± 0.23	3.12 ± 0.61	0.40 ± 0.05
TBLo	39.66 ± 8.61	3.30 ± 0.52	10.99 ± 1.88	0.30 ± 0.04	40.82 ± 9.82	3.44 ± 0.54	10.88 ± 2.27	0.31 ± 0.04	37.72 ± 7.60	3.05 ± 0.47	11.16 ± 1.39	0.28 ± 0.03
TBM	6.76 ± 1.40	3.40 ± 0.53	1.89 ± 0.54	0.38 ± 0.07	7.02 ± 1.46	3.33 ± 0.46	2.02 ± 0.67	0.35 ± 0.07	6.32 ± 1.46	3.51 ± 0.73	1.66 ± 0.09	0.41 ± 0.08
TFA	1.46 ± 0.38	5.50 ± 1.17	0.26 ± 0.06	0.64 ± 0.10	1.57 ± 0.36	5.32 ± 1.48	0.29 ± 0.04	0.61 ± 0.09	1.27 ± 0.42	5.81 ± 0.37	0.21 ± 0.06	0.68 ± 0.14
TMJ	8.15 ± 1.35	5.16 ± 0.89	1.55 ± 0.46	0.54 ± 0.10	8.46 ± 1.12	5.10 ± 0.94	1.60 ± 0.39	0.52 ± 0.10	7.62 ± 1.79	5.27 ± 0.98	1.45 ± 0.65	0.56 ± 0.12
TMI	0.73 ± 0.12	1.14 ± 0.22	0.62 ± 0.13	0.41 ± 0.14	0.77 ± 0.12	1.07 ± 0.23	0.69 ± 0.09	0.36 ± 0.09	0.65 ± 0.10	1.26 ± 0.19	0.50 ± 0.11	0.47 ± 0.20
TRC	4.20 ± 1.24	5.55 ± 1.10	0.68 ± 0.14	0.49 ± 0.08	4.35 ± 1.42	5.70 ± 1.23	0.67 ± 0.18	0.51 ± 0.09	3.94 ± 1.12	5.28 ± 1.00	0.68 ± 0.07	0.47 ± 0.07
TRT	4.74 ± 0.95	3.84 ± 0.54	0.91 ± 0.23	0.46 ± 0.07	4.95 ± 1.13	3.78 ± 0.69	0.90 ± 0.30	0.46 ± 0.08	4.38 ± 0.53	3.93 ± 0.22	0.94 ± 0.07	0.46 ± 0.04
UNL	1.86 ± 0.29	0.68 ± 0.23	2.79 ± 0.95	0.07 ± 0.02	2.07 ± 0.09	0.65 ± 0.21	3.18 ± 0.90	0.07 ± 0.02	1.52 ± 0.12	0.73 ± 0.29	2.15 ± 0.74	0.08 ± 0.03