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Table 4 (The mid-line mean value in millimeter for the length and width of UF1 specimens for both species)

From: A comparative anatomy of the lingual apparatus of Indian doves (genus: Streptopelia and Stigmatopelia), Aves: Columbidae

Muscle

Eurasian collared dove

Laughing dove

L (mm)

LET (mm)

Total (mm)

W (mm)

WFF (mm)

M (mg)

L (mm)

LET (mm)

Total (mm)

W (mm)

WFF (mm)

M (mg)

M.iv

3.0

00

3.0

17.0

16.0

16.0

-

2.5

00

2.5

18.0

17.0

17.0

-

M.id

14.0

00

14.0

3.0

2.5

5.0

-

12.0

00

12.0

2.0

4.0

4.0

M.styh

12.5

00

12.5

1.5

2.0

0.5

-

18.0.

00

18.0

1.5

-

2.7

M.sph

18.0

00

18.0

1.0

2.0

-

25.0

00

25.0

1.5

-

8.6

M.g

13.0

00

13.0

3.0

-

-

18.0

00

18.0

3.0

-

-

M.bm

23.5

00

23.5

5.0

5.5

16.5

27.0

00

27.0

3.0

12.0

9.4

M.ib

11.0

00

11.0

1.0

4.0

1.9

11.0

00

11.0

2.0

3.0

1.1

M.cg

7.0

4.0

11.0

1.0

7.0

1.6

7.0

4.0

11.0

-

8.0

0.8

M.hr cr

6.0

00

6.0

1.0

-

-

6.0

00

6.0

1.0

-

-

M.hr ca

5.0

00

5.0

1.2

-

1.6

5.0

00

5.0

1.2

-

-

M.ho

2.0

00

2.0

2.0

1.5

2.0

0.1

2.0

00

2.0

2.0

1.5

2.0

-

M.ch

1.6

00

1.6

-

-

-

1.6

00

1.6

-

-

-

  1. Bold numerical represents tendon for the origin and regular for the insertion in WFF. Other abbreviations are the same used for the lingual muscles in Fig. 3A–E
  2. Abbreviations: L length, W width, WFF width of fleshy fibers, LET length of external tendon, M mass (- denotes not possible to measure in a mass column)