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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Primatol. 2018 Dec 20;48(2):90–98. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12396

Table 2.

Morphometric measurement methods.

Measurement Method
Body length (cm) measured from the back of the head at the intersection of the parietal and lambdoidal sutures to the rump at the largest protrusion of the coccyx to the heel of the right foot
Chest circumference (cm) measured all the way around the chest at the level of the nipples
Head circumference (cm) measured over the most prominent part on the back of the head (occiput) and just above the eyebrows (supraorbital ridges), i.e., the largest circumference of the head
Hip circumference (cm) measured all the way around the hips at the level of the greatest protrusion of the innominate/pelvic bone (anterior superior iliac spine)
Abdominal circumference (cm) measured all the way around the abdomen at the level of the umbilicus