Table 3 in A new species of jupati, genus Metachirus Burmeister 1854 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) for the Brazilian Amazon

Table 3: Descriptive statistics for adult females and males of Metachirus nudicaudatus, M. myosuros (sensu present study) and Metachirus (new species, Serra dos Carajás region).
Metachirus new speciesM. nudicaudatusM. myosuros³ (N = 1)♀ (N = 3)³ (N = 1)♀ (N = 5)³ (N = 4)♀ (N = Z)MCC59.3553.40 ± 3.2259.9159.75 ± 2.5656.73 ± 2.2855.92 ± 1.47WZ29.1325.87 ± 1.8629.5329.66 ± 2.4827.77 ± 0.7027.31 ± 0.84NAS16.5714.93 ± 0.8115.816.37 ± 0.6417.53 ± 0.7416.97 ± 0.11RWJ11.029.88 ± 0.701110.85 ± 0.3111.47 ± 1.0812.06 ± 0.25RWF8.127.62 ± 0.528.48.33 ± 0.477.65 ± 1.217.48 ± 0.37NW11.7111.42 ± 0.8411.6812.09 ± 0.3914.49 ± 0.9812.69 ± 0.52CI8.428.5 ± 0.498.328.99 ± 0.309.61 ± 0.309.56 ± 0.14PC28.4925.51 ± 1.0628.1627.32 ± 0.9729.14 ± 1.4228.52 ± 0.32GCW16.9115.79 ± 0.7112.9513.16 ± 0.5112.48 ± 0.5312.07 ± 0.26MAX25.4723.02 ± 1.2924.7225.28 ± 0.7324.27 ± 0.5023.85 ± 0.19LUM11.9310.98 ± 1.1511.9311.79 ± 0.4211.54 ± 0.5510.77 ± 0.26CAN8.987.70 ± 0.658.418.12 ± 0.409.47 ± 0.719.14 ± 0.08WPP10.79.51 ± 0.0910.7510.40 ± 0.8611.56 ± 0.4911.29 ± 0.26WM17.1415.76 ± 1.2218.217.77 ± 0.5617.73 ± 0.7217.44 ± 0.09LLM12.6312.81 ± 0.5112.912.66 ± 0.4113.08 ± 0.2913.16 ± 0.26JL45.2839.29 ± 2.0546.7145.71 ± 1.4244.27 ± 1.8944.46 ± 1.02
MC, male from the Carajás region; FC, females from the Carajás region; MN, male of M. nudicaudatus; FN, females of M. nudicaudatus; MM, males of M.myosuros; FM,females of M.myosuros; MCC,maximal cranial circumference;NAS,nasal bone length;RWJ,rostrum width between the jugal bones;RWF, rostrum width between the frontal bonés;NW, greater nasal width; CI, interorbital constriction; PC,postorbital constriction; WZ,width between zygomatic arches; GCW, greatest cranial width; MAX, length of the maxillary row of teeth; LUM, length of the upper molar series; CAN, width between the lateral margins of the upper canines; WPP, width of the palatal projection; WM, width between the external faces of the third molars; LLM, length of the lower molar series; JL, jaw length.