TABLE
2.3. Ossicular weights
Malleus
Incus
Stapes
Species
Common name
(mgs)
(mgs)
(mgs)
Delphinus delphis
Common dolphin
81
20
5
Grampus griseus
Risso's dolphin
208
50
18
Orcinus orca
Killer whale
773
-
50
Phocoena phocoella
Harbor porpoise
65
16
9
Phocoenoides dalli
Dall's porpoise
72
18
10
Tursiops truncatus
Bottlenose dolphin
135
33
9
Balaena mysticetus
Bowhead whale
1,183
529
169
Balaenoptera physalus
Fin whale
3,180
1,360
590
Elephas maximas
Indian elephant
Equus
Horse
Homo sapiens
Human
23
27
3
Total ossicular
mass (mgs)
106
276
90
100
177
1,881
5,130
650
50
53
References
Norris and Leatherwood 1981
Norris and Leatherwood 1981
Norris and Leatherwood 1981
Norris and Leatherwood 1981
Norris and Leatherwood 1981
Norris and
Leatherwood 1981
Norris and Leatherwood 1981
Lees
et al. 1996
Reuter, Nummela, and Hemilii
1998
Reuter, Nummela, and Hemilii
1998
Schuknecht 1993
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