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Table 3 Vertebral information and congenital abnormalities in investigated mammalian specimens: Myrmecophagidae (Anteaters)

Myrmecophagidae (Anteaters)
Collection	Species	Collection No.	Sex	Vertebral formula	Presacral No.	Rud. ribs on vertebrae	Skeletal and fibrous abnormalities
		17277 **)	F	7C 17T 1T/L 3L 5S 31+Cg	28	V25
		313 beta **)	F	7C 17T 3L 5S 32Cg	27	-	Some irregularly shaped tail vertebrae
		312 delta **)	-	7C 17T 3L 5S 35Cg	27	-
		15641 **)	F	6C 1C/T 16T 1T/L 1L 1L/S 5S 1S/Cg 35Cg	25.5	V7	Incomplete ossification sternum, oligodactyly
RBINC	Tamandua tetradactyla	8986 **)	F	7C 17T 1T/L 1L 1L/S 5S 41Cg	26.5	V25	Some irregularly shaped tail vertebrae
		7886 **)	F	7C 17T 3L 6S 39Cg	27	-	Irregularly shaped tail vertebra
		314 delta **)	M	7C 16T 3L 5S 1S/Cg 35Cg	26	-
		312 gamma **)	-	7C 17T 3L 1L/S 5S 37Cg	27.5	-

*) Skeleton largely absent
**) Died in captivity
Abbreviations: n.a. - not available, C -Cervical, T - Thoracic, L-Lumbar, S - Sacral, Cg - Coccygeal, Cd - Caudal (post thoracic), V - Vertebra, rud. - rudimentary, NCBN - NCB Naturalis, RMCA - Royal Museum for Central Africa Tervuren, RBINC - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Brussels, NHM - Natural History Museum London

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