The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 2 Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) of whole skull height (WSH) against other skull parameters

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

S/N	Parameters	r value
S/N	Parameters	H. gambianus	F. anerythrus
1	WSL	0.31	0.13
2	SHWM1	− 0.08	− 0.02
3	MWS	0.01	0.12
4	FBL	− 0.51	0.24
5	NBL	− 0.46	0.01
6	FNE	− 0.03	0.28
7	MDL	0.09	− 0.02
8	MSL	0.32	0.35
9	PAL	0.31	0.06
10	OVD	0.74*	− 0.27
11	OHD	− 0.14	0.23
12	FMH	0.54	0.06
13	FWM	0.76*	0.18
14	OCH	− 0.46	0.42
15	OCHW	− 0.77*	0.47
16	CW	− 0.16	− 0.31
17	RMF	0.67*	0.62*
18	MFCB	0.04	0.60*
19	MFMF	0.26	0.14
20	MFMB	0.44	− 0.14
21	MFCP	0.47	− 0.18
22	DL-1	0.19	− 0.19
23	MDL-2	− 0.20	0.07
24	MDL-3	0.22	0.34
25	HMP	0.62*	0.54
26	TM-1	0.60*	0.02
27	RAM	0.35	0.45
28	NIL	− 0.43	− 0.14
29	HSPH	− 0.25	0.17
30	LSPH	0.38	0.27

Definitions of abbreviations are given in materials and methods
*Indicates values of parameters that are significant, positively or negatively correlating with WSH

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