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Table 2 Descriptive statistics (mean ± SD) for 10 morphometric variables from each species.

From: Unexpected species diversity of Malagasy primates (Lepilemur spp.) in the same biogeographical zone: a morphological and molecular approach with the description of two new species

 

L. aeeclis

(n = 5)

L. edwardsi

(n = 11)

 

L. sp. nov. in IRS II

(n = 6)

 

L. sp. nov. in IRS III

(n = 8)

 

L. sahamalazensis

(n = 7)

 

L. dorsalis

(n = 30)

 

L. ankaranensis

(n = 26)

 

L. mustelinus

(n = 7)

Results of ANOVA

Variable

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 

Mean

SD

 

Mean

SD

 

Mean

SD

 

Mean

SD

 

Mean

SD

 

Mean

SD

df

F

p

Ear length [mm]

30.72

0.83

31.75

1.93

 

33.60

0.99

 

33.41

2.10

**

26.73

1.79

 

25.59

1.52

**

28.79

1.71

**

31.93

3.11

7

37.081

0.000

Head width [mm]

36.38

0.83

34.93

1.36

*

37.88

2.24

 

37.61

2.29

**

34.00

1.37

 

34.69

1.72

 

34.12

1.97

**

38.36

2.33

7

9.105

0.000

Snout length [mm]

15.50

1.13

17.52

2.25

**

21.00

0.83

 

19.34

1.45

**

15.10

1.05

 

14.74

1.69

 

13.97

1.67

**

18.66

2.14

7

23.894

0.000

Intraorbital distance [mm]

13.60

0.65

14.51

0.79

 

15.40

1.04

 

15.29

1.12

**

13.31

0.96

**

12.08

0.89

 

12.34

0.76

 

12.79

1.17

7

25.088

0.000

Interorbital distance [mm]

36.98

0.80

37.80

1.33

 

36.05

1.92

 

36.88

0.82

 

34.96

1.39

**

36.82

1.45

**

35.48

1.13

**

38.41

1.77

7

7.470

0.000

Lower leg length [mm]

96.30

1.37

96.22

5.37

 

101.37

3.63

 

105.44

2.91

 

99.27

1.40

 

98.05

5.88

 

99.74

3.69

**

113.30

3.94

7

12.874

0.000

Hind foot length [mm]

48.14

2.98

51.96

2.68

 

50.23

1.43

 

51.76

3.45

 

49.00

2.01

 

49.83

2.31

 

48.90

2.51

**

54.94

1.45

7

6.953

0.000

3rd toe length [mm]

21.16

0.90

22.24

1.47

 

22.37

1.62

 

23.75

1.60

 

21.70

0.82

 

20.61

2.38

 

20.80

1.13

**

25.76

2.91

7

9.127

0.000

Tail length [mm]

260.00

16.58

279.73

14.64

**

253.00

13.58

**

280.63

15.24

 

257.57

11.87

 

263.40

15.53

 

267.88

17.73

 

252.57

16.16

7

4.006

0.001

Tail circumference [mm]

34.80

0.84

35.73

3.26

 

40.33

3.27

*

35.25

3.58

 

33.14

4.38

 

34.40

2.19

 

34.42

1.60

**

42.43

6.83

7

9.046

0.000

Body mass [g]

795.20

80.79

934.73

109.06

 

938.50

116.15

 

939.50

96.97

**

673.57

120.13

 

713.07

93.24

 

706.31

61.71

**

964.57

96.27

7

20.680

0.000

  1. Two asterisks indicate significant differences (p≤0.05) and one asterisk indicate a statistical trend (0.05≤p<0.1) between the neighbouring species/columns.