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Red-tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis)

 

Skull




Dorsal View
Ventral View
Lateral View

 

Total Length Male = 76.09 - 85.22 mm Mean = 81.46 mm (n=11) Female = 81.24 - 84.16 mm Mean = 83.15 mm (n=10)
Width Male = 39.49 - 51.44 mm Mean = 46.26 mm (n=12) Female = 42.7 - 51.45 mm Mean = 46.92 (n=13)

 

 



Tarsometatarsus



Right and Left
Anterior View
Left and Right
Posterior View

 

Total Length Male = 79.19 - 92.05 mm Mean = 84.55 mm (n=13) Female = 79.24 - 90.08 mm Mean = 85.13 mm (n=13)
Proximal End Width Male = 13.33 - 15.03 mm Mean = 13.80 mm (n=13) Female = 14.13 - 16.01 mm Mean = 14.99 mm (n=13)
Distal End Width Male = 14.16 - 16.89 mm Mean = 15.25 mm (n=13 ) Female = 15.49 - 16.96 mm Mean = 16.25 mm (n=13)

 

 



Tibiotarsus



Right and Left
Anterior View
Left and Right
Posterior View

 

Total Length Male = 103.05 - 121.99 mm Mean = 113.27 mm (n=12) Female = 109.06 - 121.28 mm Mean = 116.57 mm (n=13)
Proximal End Width Male = 13.14 - 16.77 mm Mean = 15.07 mm (n=13) Female = 14.26 - 17.61 mm Mean = 15.83 mm (n=13)
Distal End Width Male = 12.96 - 15.91mm Mean = 13.65 mm (n=13) Female = 13.56 - 15.22 mm Mean = 14.15 mm (n=13)

 

 



Femur



Right and Left
Anterior View
Left and Right
Posterior View

 

Total Length Male = 76.01 - 88.27 mm Mean = 82.40 mm (n=13) Female = 83.70 - 89.40 mm Mean = 86.15 mm (n=13)
Proximal End Width Male = 14.55 - 16.77 Mean = 15.96 mm (n=13) Female = 16.52 - 18.05 mm Mean = 17.16 (n=13)
Distal End Width Male = 16.17 - 18.83 mm Mean = 17.00 mm (n=13) Female = 17.42 - 19.09 mm Mean = 18.27 mm (n=13)

 




Humerus




Right and Left
Anterior View
Left and Right
Posterior View

 

Total Length Male = 101.49 - 114.40 mm Mean = 108.54 mm (n=12) Female = 109.40 - 118.48 mm Mean = 114.87 (n=13)
Proximal End Width Male = 18.23 - 27.05 mm Mean = 22.96 mm (n=13) Female = 21.07 - 32.48 mm Mean = 25.96 mm (n=13)
Distal End Width Male = 17.39 - 19.95 mm Mean = 19.01 mm (n=13) Female = 19.05 - 20.66 mm Mean = 19.95 mm (n=13)

 




Ulna



Left and Right
Extensor View
Right and Left
Palmer View

 

Total Length Male = 116.78 - 135.73 mm Mean = 127.60 mm (n=13) Female = 128.15 - 137.82 mm Mean = 133.73 mm (n=12)
Proximal End Width Male = 12.09 - 13.42 mm Mean = 12.71 mm (n=13) Female = 12.59 - 15.08 mm Mean = 13.76 mm (n=12)
Distal End Width Male = 9.19 - 10.55 mm Mean = 9.76 mm (n=13) Female = 8.77 - 11.51 mm Mean = 10.34 mm (n=12)

 




Radius



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

 

Total Length Male = 109.55 - 128.63 mm Mean = 120.41 mm (n=13) Female = 120.45 - 131.03 mm Mean = 125.88 mm (n=13)
Proximal End Width Male = 6.32 - 8.30 mm Mean = 7.09 mm (n=13) Female = 6.46 - 9.41 mm Mean = 7.90 mm (n=13)
Distal End Width Male = 6.26 - 8.93 mm Mean = 7.91 mm (n=13) Female = 6.87 - 9.41 mm Mean = 8.08 mm (n=13)

 




Carpometacarpus



Right and Left
Palmar View
Left and Right
Extensor View

 

Total Length Male = 58.46 - 67.46 mm Mean = 63.72 mm (n=13) Female = 62.25 - 69.75 mm Mean = 66.19 mm (n=12)
Proximal End Width Male =14.3 - 16.37 mm Mean = 15.44 mm (n=13) Female = 15.26 - 17.01 mm Mean = 16.07 mm (n=12)
Distal End Width Male = 9.08 - 11.58 mm Mean = 19.12 mm (n=13) Female = 9.80 - 12.54 mm Mean =10.90 mm (n=12)

 

 

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