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

Table 2

Medians and 10th to 90th percentiles (in cm) for ultrasound fat depth measurements by site and body condition score category (BCS 1–9) (total 𝑛=65).

BCS	Interscapular		Thoracolumbar		Lumbosacral		Ventral midline
	Median	10th–90th	Median	10th–90th	Median	10th–90th	Median	10th–90th
1 (𝑛=1)	0.14	—	0.14	—	0.14	—	0.12	—
2 (𝑛=2)	0.21	0.16–0.26	0.18	0.12–0.24	0.17	0.16–0.18	0.11	0.1–0.12
3 (𝑛=8)	0.29	0.22–0.42	0.30	0.22–0.53	0.28	0.2–0.41	0.18	0.16–0.43
4 (𝑛=5)	0.34	0.22–0.65	0.34	0.26–0.57	0.28	0.24–0.85	0.18	0.16–0.26
5 (𝑛=8)	0.3	0.22–0.61	0.37	0.26–0.53	0.36	0.26–0.52	0.2	0.12–0.26
6 (𝑛=17)	0.32	0.25–0.46	0.38	0.32–0.49	0.41	0.26–0.57	0.22	0.16–0.32
7 (𝑛=16)	0.37	0.26–0.5	0.4	0.31–0.7	0.48	0.34–0.68	0.3	0.23–0.49
8 (𝑛=7)	0.41	0.34–0.61	0.45	0.38–0.83	0.51	0.41–0.67	0.41	0.24–1.03
9 (𝑛=1)	0.43	—	0.61	—	0.75	—	0.69	—