From: Morphometric studies on the appendicular bony skeleton of the ostriches (Struthio Camelus)
Item of Description | Mean width (cm) | Mean length (cm) | Mean width (cm) | |
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Digit III | 1st phalanx | 70.00 ± 0.40 | 9.00 ± 0.14 | 5.00 ± 0.34 |
2nd phalanx | 26.00 ± 0.38 | 5.00 ± 0.20 | 3.00 ± 0.38 | |
3rd phalanx | 10.00 ± 0.36 | 3.00 ± 0.21 | 3.00 ± 0.30 | |
4th phalanx with claw | 22.00 ± 0.29 | 7.00 ± 0.18 | 3.50 ± 0.14 | |
4th phalanx with claw | 15.00 ± 0.57 | 5.00 ± 0.29 | 2.50 ± 0.20 | |
1st phalanx | 20.00 ± 0.78 | 7.50 ± 0.15 | 2.00 ± 0.18 | |
Digit IV | 2nd phalanx | 4.00 ± 0.88 | 3.00 ± 0.23 | 1.50 ± 0.32 |
3rd phalanx | 2.00 ± 0.50 | 1.50 ± 0.29 | 1.20 ± 0.20 | |
4th phalanx | 0.50 ± 0.42 | 1.00 ± 0.22 | 0.80 ± 0.37 | |
5th phalanx | 0.20 ± 0.45 | 0.50 ± 0.16 | 0.60 ± 0.13 |