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Table 7 Body measurements of males and females

From: Vocal communication in a complex multi-level society: constrained acoustic structure and flexible call usage in Guinea baboons

Body measurement

Male

Female

Correlation with BC

Chest circumference [cm]

57.9 ± 4.4

45.9 ± 3.7

0.94

Waistline [cm]

45.7 ± 2.1

38.8 ± 1.4

0.89

Arm length [cm]

53.4 ± 2.4

47.4 ± 2.5

0.90

Leg length [cm]

47.0 ± 2.5

39.7 ± 1.9

0.92

Skull length [cm]

10.9 ± 0.6

9.4 ± 0.7

0.62

Skull width [cm]

10.9 ± 0.8

9.1 ± 0.7

0.83

Snout length [cm]

9.9 ± 0.6

6.7 ± 0.5

0.88

Snout width [cm]

4.2 ± 0.4

3.2 ± 0.3

0.88

Back length [cm]

45.2 ± 2.9

39.6 ± 5.2

0.77

Body length [cm]

56.6 ± 3.2

51.1 ± 6.9

0.81

Weight [kg]

20.5 ± 2.1

11.4 ± 1.8

0.96

  1. Mean ± SD (N male  = 18, N female  = 5) and respective factor loadings on the body coefficient (BC) are shown.