Fig. 2

Measurements of the skull of the Egyptian red fox and domestic dog (a, b) lateral view and (c, d) caudal view showing: 20. Skull height, 22. Distance from foramen magnum to the middle point of frontal bone, 23. Palatal depth behind tooth row, 24. Depth at infraorbital foramen, 25. Width of braincase, 26. Width across acoustic meati, 29. Alveolar length of upper cheek tooth row, 30. Maxillary tooth row, 31. Height of the occipital triangle, 32. Greatest inner height of the orbit, 33. Foramen magnum height, 34. Foramen magnum width, 35. Distance between the infraorbital foramen and the rostral limit of the orbit, 36. Distance between the infraorbital foramen and the alveolus of the upper canine tooth. Scale bar = 1 cm