Table 2 in Subfossil rodents and tenrecs of Children's Cave, Madagascar

Table 2. Cranio-dental measurements of the modern and Children’s Cave (CC) subfossil species of Macrotarsomys in millimetres. Range: minimum and maximum values, mean = average value, N = number of specimens measured. LS13: upper tooth row length; WM1: width of the upper M1; LMDB: maximum length of the mandible; HMDB: maximal height of the coronoid process; LI13: lower tooth row length.
Species, siteLS13WM1LMDBHMDBLI13Macrotarsomys bastardi modernN = 52N = 52N = 52N = 52N = 52Range3.36–4.351.09–1.3415.64–19.595.72–7.963.52–4.44Mean3.941.2417.486.953.87Macrotarsomys ingens modernN = 11N = 11N = 11N = 11N = 11Range4.53–5.051.62–1.7923.83–25.78.76–10.074.85–5.52Mean4.841.724.529.415.2Macrotarsomys petteriN = 1N = 1N = 15.31.445.2Macrotarsomys cf. bastardiN = 3N = 3N = 4N = 3N = 2Children’s CaveRange3.42–3.721.05–1.114.18–16.276.12–6.852.96, 3.65Mean3.541.0715.226.363.31Macrotarsomys cf. petteriN = 3N = 6N = 1AndrahomanaRange5.3–5.71.31–1.545.5Mean5.51.4Rattus rattusN = 25N = 25N = 25N = 25N = 25Modern MadagascarRange6.22–7.01.9–3.223.8–28.89.4–13.76.1–6.9Mean6.562.125.711.36.4Rattus rattusN = 19N = 19N = 16N = 15N = 36Children’s CaveRange6–7.11.8–2.121.0–26.49.5–12.55.7–6.9Mean6.632.024.8410.856.44Mus musculusN = 19N = 19N = 19N = 19N = 19Modern MadagascarRange2.8–3.40.9–1.310.0–13.64.2–5.52.7–3.4Mean3.221.112.334.972.9Mus musculusN = 8N = 8N = 24N = 17N = 24Children’s CaveRange3.1–3.41.1–1.411.1–13.84.1–5.92.6–3.1Mean3.31.1812.215.222.86