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Table 4 Static allometry-corrected (when detected) integration magnitudes of the oro-nasal (1), naso-palatine or nasal (7), and molar-palate (2) modules in myrmecophagous mammals with a 7-module architecture

From: Flexible conservatism in the skull modularity of convergently evolved myrmecophagous placental mammals

 

N

ρ 1

ρ 7 (VII / IX)

ρ 2 (VII / IX)

ρ 1–7 (VII / IX)

ρ 2–7 (VII / IX)

T. tetradactyla

74

0.75

0.18

0.49

0.30

0.12

T. mexicana

47

0.73

0.19

0.47

0.31

0.15

M. tridactyla

35

0.73

0.35 / 0.62

0.45 / 0.39

0.45 / 0.37

0.19 / 0.10

C. didactylus

60

0.67

0.16

0.43

0.17

0.15

O. afer

40

0.34

0.15

0.47

0.16

0.14

M. javanica

28

0.51

0.28

0.38

0.19

0.11

P. pentadactyla

27

0.50

0.24

0.27

0.17

0.12

S. gigantea

12

0.47

0.32

0.69

0.33

0.37

P. tricuspis

72

0.41

0.22

0.40

0.18

0.12

P. tetradactyla

17

0.53

0.27

0.34

0.21

0.16

P. cristatus

24

0.46

0.23 / 0.49

0.31 / 0.28

0.13 / 0.13

0.19 / 0.13

  1. Number of specimens (N), within-module absolute correlations (ρ), and correlation between oro-nasal, and molar-palate modules with the naso-palatine (ρ 1–7, ρ 2–7)