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Table 1 Comparative measurements of pectoral girdle elements.

From: Three-dimensional kinematic analysis of the pectoral girdle during upside-down locomotion of two-toed sloths (Choloepus didactylus, Linné 1758)

Specimen

scapula length

spina scapulae l.

humerus length

clavicle length

ulna length

hand length

Museum material

      

C. didactylus (MfN 102636)

8.98

5.74

14.06

4.64

17.02

x

C. didactylus (ZMH 1507)

7.32

5.18

12.94

3.80

13.91

8.81

C. didactylus (ZMH 1506)

7.25

4.45

11.75

3.21

14.42

x

Dissected specimens

      

C. didactylus

8.68

5.73

15.7

4.52

19.4

10.01

C. didactylus

7.71

5.24

14.58

4.2

17.38

9.2

Study animals*

      

C. didactylus (male)

7.7

5.0

13.2

3.6

15.2

9.0

C. didactylus [female)

8.2

5.8

15.9

4.6

19.4

9.8

Mean (± s.d.)

7.98 (± 0.67)

5.31 (± 0.49)

14.02 (± 1.51)

4.08 (± 0.56)

16.68 (± 2.25)

9.37 (± 0.52)

  1. *: measurements of XROMM study animals retrieved from x-ray images.
  2. Scapula length is measured as distance from angulus inferior to acromio-clavicular joint; spina scapulae length is measured along spina scapulae from vertebral border to glenoid cavity. Hand length is measured from wrist joint to distal interphalangeal joint. All values are reported in cm. MfN: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin; ZMH: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg; x: missing data due to incompleteness of museum material.
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Frontiers in Zoology

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