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Table 5 Average residuals and %PEcf by order, along with the number of species sampled for each order

From: Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals

Order

N

Mean residual

Mean %PEcf

Order

N

Mean residual

Mean %PEcf

Afrosoricida

3

− 0.009

58.10

Macroscelidea

4

− 0.533

43.74

Anomaluromorpha

4

0.098

26.94

Microbiotheria

1

− 0.317

30.47

Artiodactyla

51

− 0.015

28.85

Monotremata

3

− 1.157

69.54

Carnivora

81

− 0.125

27.63

Myomorpha

35

0.059

25.76

Castorimorpha

10

0.535

68.46

Paucituberculata

3

− 0.721

53.28

Cingulata

6

− 0.495

39.62

Peramelemorphia

3

0.044

19.70

Dasyuromorphia

9

− 0.123

25.18

Perissodactyla

6

0.039

23.01

Dermoptera

1

1.04

170.10

Pholidota

1

0.099

10.40

Didelphimorphia

27

− 0.062

27.39

Pilosa

4

0.141

25.69

Diprotodontia

19

0.264

46.25

Primates

44

− 0.108

19.18

Eulipotyphla

23

0.044

18.70

Proboscidea

1

− 0.178

20.09

Hyracoidea

4

0.056

15.59

Scandentia

3

− 0.56

45.32

Hystricomorpha

18

0.277

49.37

Sciuromorpha

29

0.067

18.82

Lagomorpha

10

0.664

91.74

Tubulidentata

1

0.102

5.78

  1. Rodents categorized by suborder (i.e., Myomorpha, Sciuromorpha) due to large sample size (N = 95) and high intraordinal %PE seen within this group