Table 3.
Morphometrics of undulating harbour seal whiskers.
| reference | peak-to-peak top (mm) | peak-to-peak bottom (mm) | crest width (mm) | trough width (mm) | crest width/trough width |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanke et al. [32] | 1.82a | n.a. | 1.19 | 0.95 | 1.25 |
| Ginter et al. [40] | 3.27 ± 0.39 | 3.26 ± 0.40 | 0.92 ± 0.13 | 0.73 ± 0.12 | 1.26 |
| Murphy et al. [33] | 3.88 ± 0.45 | n.a. | 1.11 ± 0.88 | 0.88 ± 0.03 | 1.27 |
| Rinehart et al. [63] | 3.44 ± 0.72 | 3.45 ± 0.73 | 1.05 ± 0.24 | 0.83 ± 0.19 | 1.26 |
aIt is likely that this value was mistakenly underreported by a factor of 2 by Hanke et al. [32].