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Bald Eagle
(Haliaeetus Leucocephalus)

 

Skull

 




Dorsal View
Ventral View
Lateral View

 

Total Length Male = 116.62 - 124.77 mm Mean = 119.44 mm (n=9) Female = 123.8 - 129.67 mm Mean = 126.28 mm (n=7)
Width Male = 59.03 - 66.50 mm Mean =58.96 mm (n=9) Female =61.53 - 66.58 mm Mean = 64.58 (n=11)

 

 



Tarsometatarsus



Right and Left
Anterior View
Left and Right
Posterior View

 


Total Length Male = 84.86 - 91.79 mm Mean = 87.64mm (n=12) Female = 88.14 - 97.21 mm Mean = 93.00 (n=11)
Proximal End Width Male = 19.44 - 21.17 mm Mean = 20.32 mm (n=11) Female = 20.38 - 23.68 mm Mean = 22.14 mm (n=11)
Distal End Width Male = 22.99 - 24.12 mm Mean = 23.31 mm (n=11) Female = 23.43 - 28.59 mm Mean = 23.77 mm (n=11)







Tibiotarsus



Right and Left
Anterior View
Left and Right
Posterior View

 

Total Length Male = 145.00 - 155.7 mm Mean = 150.93 mm (n=12) Female = 150.7 - 172.2 mm Mean = 161..69 mm (n=12)
Proximal End Width Male = 23.25 - 25.02 mm Mean = 23.96 mm (n=6) Female = 23.43 - 28.22 mm Mean = 26.19 (n=7)
Distal End Width Male = 18.38 - 20.54 mm Mean = 19.46 (n=11) Female = 19.33 - 22.72 mm Mean = 21.38 mm (n=11)

 





Femur



Right and Left
Anterior View
Left and Right
Posterior View

 


Total Length Male = 109.15 - 118.63 mm Mean = 113.29 mm (n=12) Female = 113.84 - 124.76 mm Mean = 119.60 mm (n=12)
Proximal End Width Male = 24.57 - 26.06 mm Mean = 25.40 mm (n=11) Female = 25.41 - 29.74 mm Mean = 27.63 mm (n=11)
Distal End Width Male = 24.94 - 26.88 mm Mean = 25.99 mm (n=11) Female = 25.29 - 29.95 mm Mean = 28.17 mm (n=11
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Humerus



Right and Left
Anterior View
Left and Right
Posterior View

 


Total Length Male = 188.7 - 209.5 mm Mean = 200.2 mm (n=12) Female = 199.8 - 224.7 mm Mean = 214.7 mm (n=12)
Proximal End Width Male = 36.63 - 41.57 mm Mean = 38.13 mm (n=10) Female = 36.74 - 42.42 mm Mean = 40.66 mm (n=12 )
Distal End Width Male = 32.97 - 35.48 mm Mean = 33.85 mm (n=11) Female = 32.44 - 38.06 mm Mean = 35.98 mm (n=11)



 




Ulna



Left and Right
Extensor View
Right and Left
Palmer View

 


Total Length Male = 221.1 - 236.9 mm Mean = 231.18 mm (n=12) Female = 230.7 - 257.6 mm Mean = 245.6 mm (n=12)
Proximal End Width Male = 21.60 - 26.11 mm Mean = 23.77 mm (n=11) Female = 21.96 - 27.54 mm Mean = 24.91 mm (n=11)
Distal End Width Male = 13.81 - 16.49 mm Mean = 15.16 mm (n=11) Female = 14.56 - 17.18 mm Mean = 15.97 mm (n=11)



 




Radius



Right and Left
Dorsal or Extensor View
Left and Right
Ventral or Palmar View

 


Total Length Male = 210.0 - 225.5 mm Mean = 220.8 mm (n=12) Female = 222.0 - 243.2 mm Mean = 234.1 mm (n=12)
Proximal End Width Male =10.09 - 10.96 mm Mean = 10.64 mm (n=11) Female = 10.50 - 12.63 mm Mean = 11.64 mm (n=11)
Distal End Width Male = 14.21 - 15.27 mm Mean = 14.82 mm (n=11) Female = 14.4 - 16.45 mm Mean = 15.67 mm (n=11)



 




Carpometacarpus



Right and Left
Palmar View
Left and Right
Extensor View

 


Total Length Male = 103.88 - 112.0 mm Mean = 109.30 mm (n=12) Female = 107.59 - 121.1 mm Mean =115.57 mm (n=12)
Proximal End Width Male = 24.31 - 26.77 mm Mean = 24.08 mm (n=11) Female = 25.26 - 28.11 mm Mean = 26.69 mm (n=11)
Distal End Width Male = 15.75 - 19.00 mm Mean = 17.03 mm (n=11) Female =16.07 - 20.31 mm Mean = 18.14 mm (n=11 )





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