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Table 8 Metric data of pedal digits of ostrich (Struthio camelus)

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)

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