FIG. 2. — Principal component analysis (PCA), graphs for seven parameters per bone, 43 right metatarsal bones.A, graph of variables;B, scatterplot of individuals; C, 95% confidence ellipsis for breed; D, 95% confidence ellipsis for sex; E, 95% confidence ellipsis for breed and sex. Abbreviations: BpT, proximal width with T at the extremity for the metatarsal; BW, body weight; Dim, Factor of the PCA (Dim 1 = Factor 1, Dim 2 = Factor 2); DpT, proximal depth with T at the extremity for the metatarsal; F, female; GC, surface for the great cuneiform bone; HW, height at the withers; M, male; NC1, great cranial articular surface for the cuboid bone; NC2, little caudal articular surface for the cuboid bone; S, Sahraoui breed; SA, total proximal articular surface; SF, female Sahraoui; SM, male Sahraoui; T, Targui breed; TF, female Targui; TM, male Targui.

Published as part of Babelhadj, Baaissa, Thorin, Chantal, Benaissa, Atika, Colléaux, Mélanie, Guintard, Ana, Nair, Revathi, Tékkouk-Zemmouchi, Faïza, Ridouh, Rania & Picard, Catherine, 2022, Relations between metatarsal proximal extremity parameters and weight and height at the withers of the dromedary (Camelus dromedarius Linnaeus, 1758) in the Sahraoui and Targui "breeds"., pp. 211-221 in Anthropozoologica 57 (9) on page 217, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2022v57a9, http://zenodo.org/record/6992567