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Table 1 Variation in apparent pregnancy rates of Japanese and South African false killer whales with age

From: Evidence for a postreproductive phase in female false killer whales Pseudorca crassidens

Age class (lower bound)

Pregnant

Pregnant a

Total mature

Pregnant /Total

 

JP

SA

Both

JP

SA

Both

JP

SA

Both

JP

SA

Both

8.25

1

0

1

0

0

0

4

2

6

0.25

0.00

0.17

14.25

3

1

4

0

0

0

11

3

14

0.27

0.33

0.29

20.25

3

0

3

1

1

2

8

2

10

0.50

0.50

0.50

26.25

1

0

1

0

2

2

6

5

11

0.17

0.40

0.27

32.25

0

0

0

1

0

1

7

5

12

0.14

0.00

0.08

38.25

2

0

2

0

0

0

8

5

13

0.25

0.00

0.15

44.25

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

5

8

0.00

0.00

0.00

50.25

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

3

10

0.00

0.00

0.00

56.25

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

3

5

0.00

0.00

0.00

Total

10

1

0

2

3

5

57

32

89

-

-

-

  1. Labels Pregnant and Pregnant a are used to denote the presence of a foetus, and no foetus but corpus luteum ≥ 3.93mm thick, respectively (see Methods)