Table 1.

Morphometric measurements taken on adult masked palm civets (Paguma larvata) in Houhe National Nature Reserve in central-south China (X̄ ± SE). Sample sizes for each group are shown in parentheses.

	All adults (33)	Males (16)	Females (17)	t	P
Body mass (kg)	4.22 ± 0.06	4.24 ± 0.09	4.20 ± 0.08	0.306	0.762
Head-body length (cm)	53.73 ± 0.42	53.88 ± 0.56	53.60 ± 0.64	0.321	0.750
Tail length (cm)	48.28 ± 0.64	48.68 ± 0.89	47.89 ± 0.92	0.616	0.542