Table 1 Skull morphometric values of the Heliosciurus gambianus and Funisciurus anerythrus, expressed as mean ± standard deviation
Parameter (mm) | Heliosciurus gambianus | Funisciurus anerythrus | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | |
WSH | 24.61 (± 2.22) | 23.16 (± 2.65) | 22.00 (± 1.03) | 22.39 (± 1.44) |
WSL | 45.28 (± 1.92) | 45.99 (± 2.70) | 42.08 (± 1.70) | 44.14 (± 2.01) |
SHWM1 | 17.97 (± 1.70) | 17.19 (± 1.86) | 18.16 (± 1.04) | 17.61 (± 1.04) |
MWS | 23.33 (± 3.04) | 25.37 (± 0.64) | 19.72 (± 3.06) | 21.17 (± 2.99) |
FBL | 18.56 (± 0.48) | 17.87 (± 3.77) | 19.51 (± 1.01) | 19.22 (± 0.94) |
NBL | 13.40 (± 0.82) | 14.14 (± 3.37) | 12.26 (± 1.26) | 12.42 (± 1.70) |
FNE | 16.23 (± 2.11) | 15.98 (± 1.03) | 14.96 (± 0.53) | 15.07 (± 1.47) |
MDL | 25.93 (± 2.17) | 20.46 (± 0.57) | 27.19 (± 0.75) | 24.94 (± 1.40) |
MSL | 4.614 (± 1.13) | 4.27 (± 0.37) | 4.12 (± 0.30) | 4.30 (± 0.67) |
PAL | 32.42 (± 3.71) | 32.60 (± 0.56) | 30.26 (± 2.76) | 29.84 (± 2.43) |
OVD | 11.39 (± 1.32) | 12.82 (± 2.67) | 9.65 (± 0.70) | 10.22 (± 0.94) |
OHD | 15.81 (± 2.40) | 17.96 (± 0.08) | 11.99 (± 0.40) | 14.95 (± 3.01) |
FMH | 6.31 (± 0.56) | 6.03 (± 0.14) | 5.92 (± 0.40) | 6.50 (± 0.31) |
FWM | 7.04 (± 0.63) | 6.55 (± 1.03) | 6.65 (± 0.54) | 7.07 (± 0.54) |
FMI | 90.05 (± 4.06) | 93.46 (± 17.81) | 89.05 (± 1.54) | 92.36 (± 7.05) |
OCH | 12.12 (± 0.89) | 12.95 (± 0.46) | 11.42 (± 1.39) | 12.26 (± 0.98) |
OCHW | 6.36 (± 0.79) | 7.26 (± 0.59) | 6.65 (± 0.66) | 7.69 (± 2.05) |
OCW | 20.0 (± 1.97) | 19.6 (± 1.04) | 20.72 (± 2.79) | 17.61 (± 4.33) |
RMF | 4.96 (± 0.78) | 4.67 (± 0.75) | 4.53 (± 0.56) | 4.59 (± 0.51) |
MFCB | 9.20 (± 1.02) | 9.94 (± 0.59) | 7.42 (± 0.75) | 8.20 (± 0.91) |
MFMF | 15.26(± 1.06) | 15.47 (± 0.51) | 13.75 (± 0.59) | 14.73 (± 1.12) |
MFMB | 8.45 (± 1.08) | 7.94 (± 0.92) | 8.05 (± 0.23) | 7.96 (± 0.46) |
MFCP | 5.92(± 0.55) | 5.8 (± 0.47) | 5.83 (± 0.49) | 6.46 (± 1.14) |
MDL-1 | 25.39(± 3.37) | 26.31 (± 1.33) | 25.71 (± 2.53) | 24.51 (± 2.19) |
MDL-2 | 27.95(± 1.01) | 29.51 (± 0.56) | 28.29(± 2.44) | 28.45(± 1.85) |
MDL-3 | 26.36(± 1.08) | 27.5(± 0.28) | 23.80(± 3.26) | 25.04 (± 2.22) |
HMP | 8.47 (± 0.73) | 7.25 (± 1.41) | 8.08 (± 0.30) | 7.83 (± 0.62) |
TM-1 | 5.60 (± 1.06) | 5.65 (± 0.36) | 5.37 (± 0.30) | 5.18 (± 0.44) |
RAM | 9.31 (± 0.52) | 8.03 (± 3.66) | 8.34 (± 1.08) | 8.53 (± 1.01) |
NIL | 13.38 (± 1.12) | 15.37 (± 2.02) | 12.59 (± 2.24) | 13.19 (± 1.91) |
HSPH | 4.35 (± 0.98) | 5.31 (± 1.19) | 4.09 (± 0.42) | 4.26 (± 0.58) |
LSPH | 4.46 (± 1.00) | 3.79 (± 0.21) | 3.78 (± 0.55) | 3.82 (± 0.30) |