CRANIAL ALLOMETRY, SEXUAL DIMORPHISM AND AGE STRUCTURE IN SAMPLE OF THE EGYPTIAN WOLF CANISANTHUSLUPASTER

Autor:	Mahmoud Younes, Fouad F. Fouad
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Sexual dimorphism Canis stomatognathic system biology Age structure Sample (material) Zoology General Medicine Allometry biology.organism_classification Canis anthus
Zdroj:	Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science. 27:1-8
ISSN:	1110-2535
DOI:	10.21608/absb.2016.24336
Popis:	The study investigates the occurrence of age-related allometric changes in a number of cranial and dental measurements of the Egyptian wolf Canis anthus lupaster from different areas of Egypt.The age structure of a sample of 55 specimens of both sexes of C.a. lupaster was investigated using counting dentine layers on longitudinally sanded canine roots.The results showed that most of the wolves were between one and three years of age. The oldest individual was 11 years old. A set of isometric cranial and dental characters that qualify as diagnostic characters for analyzing interaspecific,morphologicaldifferentiationamongpopulations of this and other closely related canids are identified.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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