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Table 1 Size measurements of two male and two female vocal tracts

From: Vocal tract anatomy of king penguins: morphological traits of two-voiced sound production

Sex

Trachea length (mm)

Diameter Trachea caudal end (mm)

Diameter mid Trachea (mm)

Diameter Trachea cranial end (mm)

Right ML length (mm)

Left ML length (mm)

∆ ML (mm)

Male 1

270

17.6

21.9

23.0

19.3

19.1

0.2

Male 2

270

18.9

21.6

21.0

20.6

20.5

0.1

Male 3

NA

NA

NA

NA

18.1

18.5

- 0.4

Male 4

NA

NA

NA

NA

18.0

17.1

0.9

Female 1

295

18.6

20.0

21.1

19.7

19.5

0.2

Female 2

275

18.2

19.6

20.5

18.4

19.0

- 0.6

  1. ML = medial labium. The total trachea length is reported as well as trachea diameters measured at three points. Delta ML is the difference between right ML and left ML. The trachea of males 2 and 3 were cut prior to the size measurements which are therefore not available for those two samples