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Table 9.Average sexual size dimorphism (ASSD) of skull in small mustelids.

M. putorius M. eversmanii M. sibirica M. erminea M. nivalis M. lutreola N. vison
8.4; 6.71; 6.95 5.1 5.9; 6.6; 9.3 7.3; 6.76 11.02 5.1 2.53; 6.94

The Table includes our data and literature-based data: 115 variables, data from De Marinis (1995); 213 variables, data from Schmidt (1992); 321 variables, farm American mink, data from Jakubowski et al. (2008); 416 variables, feral American mink, data from Wiig (1982); 515 variables, data from Smetanová (2011); 630 variables, data from Yurgenson (1933).