BONE  CIRCUMFERENCES  AND  BODY  MASSES  OF  QUADRUPEDAL  MAMMALS 

                   leg bone circumference (mm) 	 
mammal 		      humerus        femur 	     mass (kg)

meadow mouse		4.9 	      5.5 	      0.047
guinea pig      	10 	      15 	      0.385
gray squirrel		10 	      13 	      0.399
opossum			27 	      23 	      3.92
gray fox		28 	      26 	      4.20
raccoon			30 	      28 	      4.82
nutria			21 	      28 	      4.84
bobcat			31 	      32 	      5.82
porcupine		30 	      34 	      7.20
otter			32 	      28 	      9.68
coyote			36 	      36 	      12.7
cloud leopard		45 	      41 	      13.5
duiker			31 	      46 	      13.9
yellow baboon		55 	      57 	      28.6
cheetah			67 	      69 	      38.0
cougar			62 	      60 	      44.0
wolf			62 	      62 	      48.1
bushbuck		56 	      62 	      50.9
impala			65 	      69 	      60.5
warthog			83 	      72 	      90.5
nyala			99 	      97 	      135.0
lion			104 	      94 	      144.0
black bear		98 	      94 	      218.0
grizzly bear		124 	      107 	      256.0
blue wildebeest		115 	      100 	      257.0
Cape Mountain zebra	132 	      143 	      262.0
kudu			140 	      135 	      301.0
Burchell's zebra	129 	      147 	      378.0
polar bear		158 	      135 	      448.0
giraffe			192 	      173 	      710.0
bison			192 	      168 	      1179.0
hippopotamus		209 	      208 	      1950.0
elephant ('Jumbo')	459 	      413 	      5897.0