TABLE 2.
ILA linear density, number of primary processes, number of total processes, total length, and complexity, of mammalian species analyzed
| Infra-class | Order | Suborder, Parvorder | Family | Species | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metatheria (marsupials) | |||||||||
| Diprotodontia | Macropodidae | Macropus parma | 11.4 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 79.1 | 660.9 | ||
| Macropus rufus | 1.5 | 4.3 | 87.5 | 878.9 | |||||
| Didelphimorphia | Didelphidae | Monodelphis domestica | 20.0 | 1.3 | 6.1 | 71.5 | 1,710.5 | ||
| Eutheria (Placentals) | |||||||||
| Xenarthra | Megalonychidae | Choloepus didactylus | 21.5 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 169.4 | 1,798.5 | ||
| Myrmeco-phagidae | Myrmecophaga tridactyla | 24.8 | 2.3 | 7.3 | 127.1 | 2,447.1 | |||
| Hyracoidea | Procaviidae | Procavia capensis | 18.3 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 114.3 | 1,124.5 | ||
| Proboscidea | Elephantidae | Loxodonta africana | 25.1 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 139.0 | 1,162.0 | ||
| Rodentia | Myomorpha | Muridae | Mus musculus | 20.2 | 1.8 | 5.8 | 133.4 | 1,521.1 | |
| Rattus norvegicus | 24.4 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 118.5 | 1,398.2 | ||||
| Muroidea | Cricetidae | Microtus orchogaster | 22.6 | 3.0 | 8.5 | 102.8 | 1,034.1 | ||
| Scandentia | Tupaiidae | Tupaia belangeri | 16.5 | 2.3 | 10.3 | 126.2 | 2,852.3 | ||
| Primates | Strepsirrhini | Cheirogaleidae | Cheirogaleus medius | 39.9 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 134.7 | 1,425.6 | |
| Lorisidae | Perodicticus potto | 24.5 | 2.6 | 7.9 | 139.7 | 2009.5 | |||
| Lemuridae | Lemur catta | 23.0 | 2.3 | 6.7 | 199.3 | 1,793.7 | |||
| Tarsiiformes | Tarsiidae | Tarsius bancanus | 23.8 | 3.6 | 18.8 | 277.9 | 6,827.4 | ||
| Haplorhini, Platyrrhini | Atelidae | Alouatta caraya | 29.3 | 3.0 | 12.2 | 386.4 | 7,623.4 | ||
| Pitheciidae | Pithecia pithecia | 20.2 | 5.4 | 14.0 | 445.5 | 3,701.4 | |||
| Callitrichidae | Cebuella pygmaea | 29.0 | 4.4 | 11.6 | 162.8 | 3,441.2 | |||
| Saguinus imperator | 31.0 | 5.3 | 12.2 | 223.5 | 7,685.6 | ||||
| Haplorhini, Catarhhini | Cercopithecidae | Cercocebus agilis | 30.4 | 2.8 | 14.3 | 540.0 | 14,434.2 | ||
| Cercocebus kandti | 26.3 | 2.4 | 11.4 | 354.2 | 7,398.1 | ||||
| Erythrocebus patas | 39.4 | 2.6 | 16.2 | 288.4 | 11,638.6 | ||||
| Mandrillus sphynx | 23.3 | 3.6 | 13.0 | 364.1 | 5,043.9 | ||||
| Macaca fascicularis | 42.4 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 282.5 | 13,157.3 | ||||
| Macaca mulatta | 39.9 | 4.7 | 20.3 | 389.3 | 7,674.1 | ||||
| Chlorocebus pygerythrus | 46.7 | ||||||||
| Papio ursinus | 37.5 | 5.3 | 16.3 | 337.2 | 4,687.3 | ||||
| Hominidae | Gorilla gorilla | 35.8 | 4.7 | 21.3 | 404.0 | 9,488.4 | |||
| Hylobates muelleri | 36.6 | 3.1 | 22.6 | 415.3 | 21,675.1 | ||||
| Pan paniscus | 44.5 | 3.0 | 23.9 | 713.5 | 44,416.4 | ||||
| Pan troglodytes | 41.6 | 3.5 | 26.9 | 720.0 | 32,019.6 | ||||
| Pongo pygmaeus | 31.2 | 3.7 | 23.9 | 593.9 | 28,101.8 | ||||
| Homo sapiens | 32.5 | 5.1 | 27.9 | 593.4 | 25,220.9 | ||||
| Chiroptera | Micro-chiroptera | Phyllostomidae | Carollia perspicillata | 17.8 | 3.0 | 8.5 | 164.5 | 1,348.5 | |
| Glossophaga soricina | 21.0 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 106.9 | 470.9 | ||||
| Mega-chiroptera | Pteropodidae | Epomops franqueti | 14.0 | 5.0 | 9.8 | 213.1 | 1,026.3 | ||
| Megaloglossus woermanni | 18.0 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 55.2 | 343.7 | ||||
| Rousettus aegyptiacus | 23.0 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 84.5 | 437.9 | ||||
| Eulipotyphla | Erinaceidae | Atelerix frontalis | 15.5 | ||||||
| Carnivora | Feliformia | Felidae | Felis catus | 14.2 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 131.3 | 1,273.3 | |
| Panthera tigris | 17.2 | 2.2 | 7.2 | 111.9 | 1,536.9 | ||||
| Musteloidea | Mustelidae | Mustela putorius | 18.8 | 3.1 | 8.0 | 187.1 | 1,619.9 | ||
| Caniformia | Ailuridae | Ailurus fulgens | 19.6 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 119.5 | 1,572.1 | ||
| Artiodactyla | Ruminantia | Bovidae | Ovis aries | 13.2 | 2.3 | 8.3 | 180.9 | 4,998.1 | |
| Whippo-morpha | Hippopotamidae | Hippopotamus amphibius | 17.6 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 205.0 | 1,485.4 | ||
| Cetacea | Balaenopteridae | Balaenoptera acutorostrata | 20.4 | 2.1 | 7.4 | 202.0 | 3,175.7 | ||
| Phocoenidae | Phocoena phocoena | 18.0 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 78.7 | 1,211.8 | |||
Column A = # cells/mm; Column B = # primary processes; Column C = # total processes; Column D = Total length; Column E = Complexity.