Figure 4From: Integration, heterochrony, and adaptation in pedal digits of syndactylous marsupialsPedal digit ossification in syndactylous and non-syndactylous marsupials. Schematic drawing of ossifications in the foot of a non-syndactylous pouch young Quoll ("native cat") Dasyurus viverrinus and syndactylous pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus Elements are coloured according to the sequence in which they ossify, from first (1) to last (4). Not to scale.Back to article page