Fig. 1

Measurements of the skull of the Egyptian red fox and domestic dog (a, b) dorsal view and (c, d) ventral view showing: 1. Total skull length, 2. Condylobasal skull length, 3. Basal skull length, 4. Basicranial length, 5. Basifacial length, 6. Viscerocranial length, 7. Facial length, 8. Length of nasals, 9. Snout length, 10. Palatal length, 11. Length of tympanic bulla, 12. Greatest width across the mastoid processes, 13. Zygomatic width, 14. Least width of skull, 15. Greater interorbital width, 16. Inter-canthi distance, 17. Maximum palatal width, 18. Minimum palatal width, 19. Width at canine alveoli, 21. Prosthion, 27. Width of the tympanic bulla, 28. The maximum width of the sagittal crest, 37. Incisive foramen length. Scale bar = 1 cm