A new species of extinct fossil scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from the Archipelago of Madeira (North Atlantic Ocean) Author Rando, Juan Carlos Author Pieper, Harald Author Alcover, Josep Antoni Author Olson, Storrs L. text Zootaxa 2012 3182 29 42 journal article 45508 10.5281/zenodo.209430 a052a993-3606-4cbf-b881-f58de263940c 1175-5326 209430

TABLE 3. Measurements and proportions (%) of extant cops owls and related taxa: sample size (n), mean length (mm) of leg bones (F: femur; Tbt: tibiotarsus; and Tmt: tarsometatarsus), and total leg bone length (femur+tibiotarsus+tarsometatarsus) (Tot).

O. scops	O. elegans	O. nudipes	O. petersoni
(n) 24 %	4 %	5 %	1 %
F 29.4 29.13	32.6 27.21	34.3 25.36	32.9 30.3
Tbt 46.2 45.8	55.4 46.27	61.2 45.28	47.9 44.07
Tmt 25.3 25.05	31.8 26.52	39.7 29.36	27.8 25.62
Tot 100.9	119.8	135.2	108.6
O. watsonii	O. clarkii	O. choliba	O. atricapillus
(n) 3 %	1 %	5 %	1 %
F 35.6 28.36	37.7 28.14	33.9 28.04	34.2 27.98
Tbt 56.4 44.93	59.0 43.98	55.0 45.58	54.7 44.72
Tmt 33.5 26.7	37.4 27.88	31.8 26.38	33.4 27.29
Tot 125.5	234.1	120.7	122.3
O. trichopsis	O. magicus	O. kennicottii	O. asio
(n) 1 %	4 %	6 %	6 %
F 30.3 27.95	36.1 28.1	39.0 29.19	38.5 29.62
Tbt 48.0 44.31	58.7 45.66	58.8 44.02	57.0 43.91
Tmt 30.0 27.73	33.7 26.23	35.8 26.79	34.4 26.46
Tot 108.3	128.57	133.6	129.9
O. megalotis	O. bakkamoena	Ptilopsis leucotis	Gymnoglaux lawrencii
(n) 4 %	3 %	1 %	1 %
F 37.9 28.57	34.7 27.8	44.1 29.94	29.0 23.94
Tbt 60.5 45.18	57.1 45.69	67.7 45.98	77.7 45.91
Tmt 34.8 26.25	33.1 26.51	35.5 24.08	36.6 30.14
Tot 133.2	124.9	147.3	121.3