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Fig. 2

From: Macroanatomical investigations of the skulls of both genders of Heliosciurus gambianus (Gambian sun squirrel) and Funisciurus anerythrus (Thomas’s rope squirrel)

Fig. 2

Right lateral (a and b), latero-medial (c) and dorsal (d) views of the mandible of the male Gambian sun squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus). MDL-1, 2 and 3 depict distance from the mandibular foramen (black circle) to the coronoid process, condylar process and angle of mandible, respectively; black arrow (in ‘a’)—mental foramen; white arrowhead—coronoid process; black arrowhead—condylar process; black circle depicts the position of the mandibular foramen, which is visible on the medial surface of the mandible (c); TM-1 is the thickness of the mandible at molar 1, while LSPH is the length of the mandibular symphysis. Scale bars—0.5 cm

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