Fig. 3: Violin plots of clade densities across species in different terrestrial vertebrate groups.
From: Clade density and the evolution of diversity-dependent diversification
Distributions are invariably asymmetric, with most species showing relatively low values of clade density. The number of species in each clade is as follows: Anguimorpha [N = 162], Gekkota [N = 1225], Iguania [N = 1395], Scincoidea [N = 1216], Cetartiodactyla [N = 230], Chiroptera [N = 1182], Diprotodontia [N = 139], and Primates [N = 387]. Data are presented as: Anguimorpha [min = 0; lower whisker=0; 25th percentile = 261.134; median = 778.52; 75th percentile = 2013.554; upper whisker = 4642.184; max = 17754.086], Gekkota [min = 0; lower whisker = 0; 25th percentile = 297.563; median = 954.457; 75th percentile = 2469.793; upper whisker = 5728.137; max = 37806.053], Iguania [min = 0; lower whisker = 0; 25th percentile = 1089.367; median = 3097.616; 75th percentile = 7538.88; upper whisker = 17213.15; max = 43206.41], Scincoidea [min = 0; lower whisker = 0; 25th percentile = 1239.11; median = 3777.291; 75th percentile = 14321.733; upper whisker = 33945.67; max = 129425.128], Cetartiodactyla [min = 0; lower whisker = 0; 25th percentile = 859.038; median = 2556.897; 75th percentile = 5330.742; upper whisker = 12038.3; max = 18265.094], Chiroptera [min = 0; lower whisker = 0; 25th percentile = 2148.482; median = 5211.879; 75th percentile = 10922.92; upper whisker = 24084.58; max = 43382.571], Diprotodontia [min = 0; lower whisker = 0; 25th percentile = 653.209; median = 1377.411; 75th percentile = 2197.731; upper whisker = 4514.512; max = 8386.167], and Primates [min = 0; lower whisker = 0; 25th percentile = 973.24; median = 2016.426; 75th percentile = 3676.591; upper whisker = 7731.617; max = 22711.306]. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
