Table 4. Summary statistics (mean, SD, range) of cranial measurements (in mm) of adult samples (n) of the four new taxa of Ctenomys described here. See Materials and Methods for abbreviations.
For individual measurements, see File S2.
| C. bidauin. sp. | C. c. contrerasin. subsp. | C. c. navonaen. subsp. | C. thalesin. sp. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | SD | Min. | Max. | n | Mean | SD | Min. | Max. | n | Mean | SD | Min. | Max. | n | Mean | SD | Min. | Max. | |
| TOTL | 5 | 232.6 | 21.4 | 205 | 253 | 10 | 196.5 | 17.3 | 165 | 224 | 2 | – | – | 220 | 232 | 8 | 204.2 | 13.4 | 183 | 221 |
| TAIL | 5 | 64.3 | 9.7 | 53 | 73.2 | 10 | 59.7 | 4.5 | 49.4 | 65.3 | 2 | – | – | 68 | 68 | 8 | 62.3 | 3.1 | 57.4 | 66.2 |
| HFL | 5 | 32.1 | 1.5 | 30.2 | 34.2 | 10 | 26.8 | 1.6 | 23.6 | 28.7 | 2 | – | – | 29 | 32 | 8 | 26.9 | 1.6 | 23.7 | 29.1 |
| EAR | 5 | 7.1 | 0.9 | 6.3 | 8.3 | 10 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 2 | – | – | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6.6 | 0.4 | 6 | 7 |
| W | 5 | 132.8 | 24.8 | 105 | 165 | 11 | 77.1 | 26.2 | 43 | 117 | 2 | – | – | 118 | 146 | 8 | 71.9 | 15.9 | 43 | 96 |
| TLS | 3 | 38.61 | 2.63 | 36.06 | 41.31 | 12 | 36.03 | 2.29 | 32.12 | 39.28 | 2 | 40.70 | 1.72 | 39.48 | 41.91 | 7 | 34.58 | 1.43 | 32.47 | 36.55 |
| CIL | 3 | 37.25 | 2.91 | 34.42 | 40.24 | 12 | 34.23 | 2.39 | 30.12 | 37.34 | 2 | 38.71 | 1.94 | 37.34 | 40.08 | 7 | 32.83 | 1.55 | 30.83 | 35.11 |
| NL | 3 | 13.10 | 0.93 | 12.04 | 13.78 | 12 | 12.44 | 1.00 | 10.60 | 13.84 | 2 | 14.29 | 0.08 | 14.23 | 14.34 | 7 | 11.81 | 0.60 | 11.03 | 12.71 |
| NW | 3 | 5.79 | 0.95 | 5.13 | 6.88 | 12 | 5.04 | 0.48 | 4.21 | 5.85 | 2 | 6.19 | 0.18 | 6.06 | 6.31 | 7 | 5.13 | 0.29 | 4.90 | 5.78 |
| FL | 3 | 11.58 | 0.35 | 11.23 | 11.93 | 12 | 10.89 | 0.42 | 10.19 | 11.50 | 2 | 11.50 | 0.88 | 10.87 | 12.12 | 7 | 10.84 | 0.59 | 10.18 | 11.84 |
| RW | 3 | 8.39 | 0.36 | 8.18 | 8.81 | 12 | 7.39 | 0.59 | 6.32 | 8.01 | 2 | 8.60 | 1.32 | 7.66 | 9.53 | 7 | 7.27 | 0.32 | 6.89 | 7.85 |
| ZB | 3 | 23.65 | 2.50 | 21.61 | 26.44 | 12 | 21.32 | 1.36 | 19.17 | 23.90 | 2 | 23.24 | 1.29 | 22.33 | 24.15 | 7 | 20.57 | 0.63 | 19.41 | 21.29 |
| IOB | 3 | 7.59 | 0.55 | 7.24 | 8.22 | 12 | 6.86 | 0.55 | 6.18 | 7.94 | 2 | 7.19 | 1.03 | 6.46 | 7.91 | 7 | 6.82 | 0.19 | 6.65 | 7.13 |
| BB | 3 | 15.80 | 0.79 | 15.30 | 16.71 | 12 | 15.30 | 0.23 | 14.95 | 15.64 | 2 | 15.85 | 1.04 | 15.11 | 16.58 | 7 | 15.25 | 0.35 | 14.71 | 15.67 |
| BIB | 3 | 24.34 | 1.46 | 23.16 | 25.98 | 12 | 22.62 | 1.59 | 20.20 | 24.51 | 2 | 25.96 | 0.16 | 25.84 | 26.07 | 7 | 21.64 | 0.60 | 20.89 | 22.71 |
| MB | 3 | 23.47 | 1.82 | 22.09 | 25.54 | 12 | 21.23 | 1.18 | 19.65 | 22.70 | 2 | 23.08 | 0.88 | 22.45 | 23.70 | 7 | 21.01 | 0.61 | 20.07 | 21.86 |
| IFH | 3 | 7.37 | 0.84 | 6.69 | 8.31 | 12 | 6.52 | 0.42 | 5.94 | 7.17 | 2 | 7.11 | 0.52 | 6.74 | 7.47 | 7 | 6.38 | 0.36 | 5.77 | 6.75 |
| DL | 3 | 9.84 | 1.03 | 8.69 | 10.67 | 12 | 8.62 | 0.91 | 6.92 | 10.06 | 2 | 10.16 | 1.13 | 9.36 | 10.96 | 7 | 8.16 | 0.53 | 7.47 | 8.91 |
| PL | 3 | 16.26 | 1.77 | 14.49 | 18.02 | 12 | 14.44 | 1.20 | 12.22 | 16.11 | 2 | 16.72 | 1.36 | 15.76 | 17.68 | 7 | 14.00 | 0.82 | 13.05 | 15.11 |
| PM4L | 3 | 2.90 | 0.06 | 2.84 | 2.95 | 12 | 2.74 | 0.30 | 2.24 | 3.23 | 2 | 3.43 | 0.29 | 3.22 | 3.63 | 7 | 2.68 | 0.15 | 2.41 | 2.85 |
| TRL | 3 | 7.45 | 0.46 | 6.93 | 7.79 | 12 | 7.37 | 0.42 | 6.79 | 8.14 | 2 | 8.48 | 0.37 | 8.22 | 8.74 | 7 | 7.12 | 0.22 | 6.87 | 7.41 |