Comparison between core mass functions from the CuTEx starless and protostellar samples obtained in different parts of the cloud with a constant temperature of 12.5 K. Solid straight lines are linear fits to the high-mass ends, dashed straight lines show the slope found from the same fit to the total sample (starless plus protostellar; see Fig. 13a). a: only starless sources in the northern part (Dec > −43°10′); b: only starless sources in the central part (− 44°15′ < Dec < −43°10′); c: only starless sources in the southern part (Dec < −44°15′); d: only protostellar sources in the northern part (Dec > −43°10′); e: only protostellar sources in the central part (− 44°15′ < Dec < −43°10′); f: only protostellar sources in the southern part (Dec < −44°15′). Error bars indicate the Poissonian standard deviations of counts in each bin. Also indicated in each panel is the α index resulting from the linear fits, where dN∕dM ~ M^α.