Linear measurements (blue) exemplified on the right bony labyrinth of an adult Panthera leo (SMF 4643) in posterolateral (A), dorsal (B), anterolateral (C) and dorsolateral (D) view. Abbreviations: acf, aperture of the cochlear fossula; ASC, anterior semicircular canal; cco, canaliculus cochleae; cco-L, canaliculus cochleae length; co, cochlea; co-H, cochlear height; co-L, cochlear length; co-W, cochlear width; cp, clipping plane; fv, fenestra vestibuli; IEH, inner ear height; LSC, lateral semicircular canal; PSC, posterior semicircular canal; scc, secondary crus commune; SC-H, semicircular canal height; SC-W, semicircular canal width.

 
 
  Part of: Wirkner M, Heyder K, Ruf I (2022) Comparative morphology and postnatal ontogeny of the bony labyrinth in Pantherinae (Felidae, Carnivora) with special emphasis on the lion. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 883-905. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e82874