Table 1 in Subfossil rodents and tenrecs of Children's Cave, Madagascar

Table 1. Skull measurements of the modern and Children’s Cave (CC) subfossil species of Brachyuromys in millimetres. Range: minimum and maximum values, mean = average value, N = number of specimens measured. LTC: total length of skull; CIO: breadth of interorbital constriction; LS13: upper tooth row length; WM1: width of the upper M1; LMDB: maximum length of the mandible; LI13: lower tooth row length.
SpeciesLTCCIOLS13WM1LMDBLI13Brachyuromys betsileoensisN = 47N = 47N = 47N = 47N = 47N = 47modernRange30–374.3–5.45.8–7.21.7–2.620.7–26.66.6–7.8Mean344.96.82.1247.1Brachyuromys ramirohitraN = 27N = 27N = 27N = 27N = 27N = 27modernRange33.2–42.24.5–5.57.2–9.52.1–322.7–29.27.2–9.8Mean38.85.158.72.626.59.01Brachyuromys betsileoensisN = 1N = 1CC Lower Stratum1.636.85Brachyuromys betsileoensisN = 8N = 18N = 20N = 23N = 38CC Upper StratumRange4.77–5.45.99–6.81.56–2.4518.94–23.876.24–6.96Mean5.036.322.0122.246.63Brachyuromys ramirohitra CCN = 1N = 1N = 19.072.899.08