Table 4: Test of sexual dimorphism in mandibular teeth size and shape for each of the six populations/subpopoulations (significant statistical results (p <0.05) are presented in bold).
Subspecies Morphometric parameters Size Shape
Results of Wilcoxon test (W statistic and p-value) for size and manova (F statistic and p-values) for shape. Bold values mean significant tests.
Tests W p F p
Continental reindeer Forollhogna 155 0.007 0.77858 0.5708
Rangifer t. tarandus Hardangervidda 499 0.7389 0.66636 0.6504
KnutshØ 223 0.737 0.92948 0.4725
Insular Svalbard reindeer Colesdalen 68 0.8793 1.3164 0.3037
Rangifer t. platyrhynchus GrØndalen 25 0.2463 1.042 0.4372
Sassendalen 27 1 2.0517 0.1646