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Table 1 Species list, sampling and taxonomic assignment

From: Impact of the terrestrial-aquatic transition on disparity and rates of evolution in the carnivoran skull

Group

Family

Species

N

Feliformia

Fissiped

Eupleridae

Cryptoprocta ferox

1

Fissiped

Eupleridae

Eupleres goudotii

2

Fissiped

Eupleridae

Fossa fossana

2

Fissiped

Eupleridae

Galidia elegans

2

Fissiped

Felidae

Acinonyx jubatus

2

Fissiped

Felidae

Felis bengalensis

2

Fissiped

Felidae

Felis vivverina

2

Fissiped

Felidae

Lynx rufus

2

Fissiped

Herpestidae

Cynictis penicillata

1

Fissiped

Herpestidae

Ichneumia albicauda

1

Fissiped

Hyaenidae

Crocuta crocuta

2

Fissiped

Hyaenidae

Proteles cristatus

2

Fissiped

Nandinidae

Nandinia binotata

2

Fissiped

Viverridae

Civettictis civetta

2

Fissiped

Viverridae

Genetta genetta

2

Fissiped

Viverridae

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

2

Caniformia

Fissiped

Canidae

Canis lupus

2

Fissiped

Canidae

Cerdocyon thous

2

Fissiped

Canidae

Otocyon megalotis

2

Fissiped

Canidae

Vulpes vulpes

2

Fissiped

Mephitidae

Mephitis mephitis

2

Fissiped

Mustelidae

Enhydra lutris

2

Fissiped

Ailuridae

Ailurus fulgens

1

Fissiped

Mustelidae

Gulo gulo

1

Fissiped

Mustelidae

Martes pennanti

2

Fissiped

Mustelidae

Meles meles

2

Fissiped

Procyonidae

Nasua nasua

2

Fissiped

Procyonidae

Potos flavus

2

Fissiped

Procyonidae

Procyon cancrivorous

2

Fissiped

Procyonidae

Procyon lotor

2

Fissiped

Ursidae

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

2

Fissiped

Ursidae

Melursus ursinus

1

Fissiped

Ursidae

Tremarctos ornatus

2

Fissiped

Ursidae

Ursus americanus

2

Pinniped

Desmatophocidae

†Allodesmus sp.

1

Pinniped

Enaliarctinae

†Enaliarctos emlongi

1

Pinniped

Odobenidae

Odobenus rosmarus

3

Pinniped

Odobenidae

†Pontolis magnus

1

Pinniped

Otariidae

Arctocephalus australis

2

Pinniped

Otariidae

Arctocephalus galapogoensis

1

Pinniped

Otariidae

Arctocephalus gazella

5

Pinniped

Otariidae

Arctocephalus philippi

1

Pinniped

Otariidae

Arctocephalus pussillus

3

Pinniped

Otariidae

Arctocephalus tropacalis

2

Pinniped

Otariidae

Callorhinus ursinus

2

Pinniped

Otariidae

Eumetopias jubatus

3

Pinniped

Otariidae

Neophoca cinerea

1

Pinniped

Otariidae

Otaria flavescens

3

Pinniped

Otariidae

Zalophus californianus

1

Pinniped

Phocidae

†Acrophoca longirostris

1

Pinniped

Phocidae

†Piscophoca pacifica

1

Pinniped

Phocidae

Cystophora cristata

3

Pinniped

Phocidae

Erignathus barbatus

1

Pinniped

Phocidae

Halichoerus grypus

5

Pinniped

Phocidae

Histriophoca fasciata

7

Pinniped

Phocidae

Hydrurga leptonyx

2

Pinniped

Phocidae

Leptonychotes weddelli

3

Pinniped

Phocidae

Lobodon carcinophagus

4

Pinniped

Phocidae

Mirounga leonina

3

Pinniped

Phocidae

Monachus monachus

2

Pinniped

Phocidae

Ommatophoca rossi

2

Pinniped

Phocidae

Pagophilus groenlandica

1

Pinniped

Phocidae

Phoca hispida

4

Pinniped

Phocidae

Phoca largha

4

Pinniped

Phocidae

Phoca vitulina

2

Pinniped

Phocidae

Pusa caspica

4

Pinniped

Phocidae

Pusa sibirica

4

  1. Species means were used in all analyses. Dagger indicates fossil taxa.