. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Soricidae from Crete II 175 BL = buccal length; W = width; AW = anterior width; PW = posterior width; L = length; TRW = trigonid width; TAW = talonid width. Other abbreviations used in tables 1, 2 and 3 are: prm = parameter, n = number of observations, x = mean of the observations, sd = standard deviation. Measurements of left and right jaws and teeth are not treated separately in tables 1—3, but have been amalgamated (the only unpaired parameter is skull ZW). The n
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Soricidae from Crete II 175 BL = buccal length; W = width; AW = anterior width; PW = posterior width; L = length; TRW = trigonid width; TAW = talonid width. Other abbreviations used in tables 1, 2 and 3 are: prm = parameter, n = number of observations, x = mean of the observations, sd = standard deviation. Measurements of left and right jaws and teeth are not treated separately in tables 1—3, but have been amalgamated (the only unpaired parameter is skull ZW). The number of cases for statistical testing has been taken both as n, which assumes that there are no left + right pairs included in the data, and as n/2, which assumes that all observations are from left + right pairs and provides a more conservative estimate. In the present context n/2 is probably closer to the real situation, as the modern samples are either trapped individuals (table 3), in which case we know that the data are provided by left + right pairs, or owl pellet samples (tables 1 and 2), in which a high proportion of the specimens are known (maxillae) or likely (mandibles) to be left + right pairs; and the archaeological samples are mainly provided by local concentrations in which, again, many of the specimens are known or likely to be left + right pairs. In recognition of this probability, sd's have been calculated when n>5, but are given in parentheses unless n>10 (in which case at least six individuals must be represented). Inclusion of a mixture of left + right pairs and unpaired specimens can also cause minor deviations in sample means. The drawings (figs. 1, 2 and 3) were made using a Wild M4 binocular microscope fitted with a drawing prism. The samples include postcranial remains of Crocidura ; these we have not studied. The Kommos small mammal remains are deposited with the other excavated materials from the site, at Pitsidia. Suncus etruscus (
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