Ultrasonic Measurement of Body Fat as a Means of Assessing Body Condition in Free-Ranging Raccoons (Procyon lotor)

Table 1

Medians and 90% confidence intervals (in cm) for the pilot study comparing two fat depth measurement techniques at four locations (𝑛=8).

	Ultrasound		Ruler
	Median	90% CI	Median	90% CI
Interscapular	0.31	0.26–0.36	0.3	0.26–0.36
Thoracolumbar	0.28	0.25–0.34	0.2	0.2–0.27
Lumbosacral	0.28	0.25–0.33	0.2	0.18–0.27
Ventral midline	0.28	0.26–0.32	0.2	0.17–0.33