Comparative craniometric measurements of two Canid species in Egypt: the Egyptian red fox and the Egyptian Baladi dog

Mahdy, Mohamed A. A.; Mohamed, Walid Fathy

doi:10.1186/s12917-022-03275-8

Table 2 Mean measurements and standard deviation (SD) values of the red fox and dog skulls

From: Comparative craniometric measurements of two Canid species in Egypt: the Egyptian red fox and the Egyptian Baladi dog

Measurement	Code		Animal	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Sig
Skull measurements	1	TSL	Fox	144.40	7.86	135.30	185.00	0.000*
	1	TSL	Dog	196.29	11.51	182.42	214.90	0.000*
	2	CBL	Fox	144.45	3.91	141.10	150.10	0.004*
	2	CBL	Dog	179.56	13.13	166.73	204.43	0.004*
	3	BL	Fox	138.55	3.05	136.70	143.10	0.004*
	3	BL	Dog	169.32	13.19	155.39	193.40	0.004*
	13	ZW	Fox	76.52	4.46	70.30	83.40	0.000*
	13	ZW	Dog	101.63	6.30	92.47	109.80	0.000*
	12	GWM	Fox	46.33	2.63	42.60	50.10	0.000*
	12	GWM	Dog	57.93	5.30	50.73	65.09	0.000*
	26	WAM	Fox	47.38	5.20	37.20	56.20	0.000*
	26		Dog	64.58	3.80	60.77	70.99	0.000*
	28	WS	Fox	2.58	0.50	1.80	3.30	0.000*
	28		Dog	4.12	0.61	3.43	5.11	0.000*
	46	TFW	Fox	55.30	4.36	49.70	63.00	0.006*
	46		Dog	63.38	6.00	55.57	72.47	0.006*
Cranial measurements	47	CL	Fox	87.08	5.29	72.50	88.40	0.000*
	47		Dog	102.19	4.69	95.98	107.49	0.000*
	4	BCL	Fox	56.00	3.32	51.00	59.70	0.662
	4	BCL	Dog	55.14	5.89	46.52	64.58	0.662
	25	WB	Fox	45.39	2.30	42.80	49.20	0.000
	25	WB	Dog	54.61	1.97	52.28	57.50	0.000
	20	SH	Fox	40.98	1.90	38.80	43.10	0.001*
	20	SH	Dog	64.16	6.06	53.26	71.42	0.001*
	31	HOT	Fox	40.72	2.98	37.80	44.60	0.001*
	31	HOT	Dog	52.00	5.43	46.48	64.78	0.001*
	22	NCL	Fox	46.48	1.82	44.40	49.60	0.000*
			Dog	87.55	5.23	83.55	96.74	0.000*
	14	LWS	Fox	21.30	1.12	19.30	22.90	0.000*
			Dog	38.25	2.08	35.22	41.20	0.000*
Foramen magnum measurements	33	FMH	Fox	10.18	0.61	9.40	10.80	0.002*
	33		Dog	14.02	1.20	11.63	15.37	0.002*
	34	FMW	Fox	14.80	1.01	13.30	15.90	0.001 *
	34		Dog	17.90	1.32	15.68	19.58	0.001 *
Orbital measurements	32	IHO	Fox	24.01	0.71	22.90	24.90	0.000*
			Dog	31.19	1.18	29.23	32.80	0.000*
	15	GIW	Fox	33.62	3.44	26.90	37.50	0.000*
			Dog	55.50	4.64	45.19	60.44	0.000*
	16	ICD	Fox	27.32	1.53	25.00	30.00	0.000 *
			Dog	39.53	4.99	31.44	47.51	0.000 *
Tympanic bulla measurements	11	TBL	Fox	22.80	1.64	21.00	25.90	0.002*
			Dog	19.97	1.53	18.17	22.95	0.002*
	27	TBW	Fox	17.38	1.04	16.40	18.90	0.002*
			Dog	15.18	1.15	13.41	16.98	0.002*
Facial measurements	7	FL	Fox	85.50	5.49	78.50	93.10	0.000*
			Dog	111.86	5.82	102.35	119.68	0.000*
	5	BFL	Fox	76.50	8.51	58.50	90.00	0.000*
	5	BFL	Dog	114.64	9.21	105.33	134.08	0.000*
	9	SL	Fox	62.13	3.76	56.70	68.20	0.000*
			Dog	82.59	6.84	75.88	93.94	0.000*
	21	IF	Fox	48.77	2.70	44.80	52.90	0.000*
			Dog	58.94	3.58	53.23	63.77	0.000*
	24	DIF	Fox	24.80	2.02	21.10	26.80	0.146
	24		Dog	28.81	4.43	24.13	35.15	0.146
	35	IFMO	Fox	15.20	1.63	12.10	17.10	0.000*
			Dog	25.50	2.55	22.21	28.78	0.000*
	36	IFC	Fox	36.47	1.77	33.80	39.60	0.083
			Dog	34.00	4.43	28.94	42.39	0.083
	6	VCL	Fox	66.12	4.60	57.70	72.50	0.000*
	6	VCL	Dog	94.10	8.46	84.41	107.41	0.000*
	8	NL	Fox	49.05	3.99	40.50	53.10	0.000*
	8	NL	Dog	70.63	7.79	60.76	83.61	0.000*
Palatal measurements	10	PL	Fox	75.39	4.92	68.90	81.70	0.000*
	10	PL	Dog	95.34	6.95	86.52	107.15	0.000*
	17	MxPw	Fox	41.06	1.69	38.20	43.90	0.000*
	17	MxPw	Dog	61.87	2.89	58.22	65.35	0.000*
	18	MnPW	Fox	22.08	1.65	19.70	25.60	0.000*
	18	MnPW	Dog	35.02	2.54	31.05	39.75	0.000*
	19	CAW	Fox	23.24	1.58	21.70	26.90	0.000*
	19	CAW	Dog	37.47	3.09	32.42	42.76	0.000*
	23	PDT	Fox	38.04	2.27	33.90	41.00	0.000*
	23	PDT	Dog	59.79	3.79	54.27	66.64	0.000*
	37	IL	Fox	8.58	0.94	7.00	9.80	0.021*
	37	IL	Dog	10.20	1.75	7.70	13.72	0.021*
	29	UCT	Fox	51.28	2.48	48.70	55.70	0.000*
	29	UCT	Dog	63.77	3.67	58.88	68.55	0.000*
	30	MaT	Fox	62.03	2.27	58.90	65.30	0.000*
	30	MaT	Dog	78.92	4.36	73.00	86.36	0.000*
Mandible measurements	38	ML	Fox	107.99	4.80	101.70	116.10	0.000*
	38	ML	Dog	139.13	9.07	127.07	153.74	0.000*
	39	ALM	Fox	72.56	3.61	66.40	79.20	0.000*
	39	ALM	Dog	97.65	6.75	90.18	106.46	0.000*
	40	LTR	Fox	70.01	2.99	66.00	75.70	0.000*
	40	LTR	Dog	89.83	5.57	84.44	97.80	0.000*
	41	LCT	Fox	57.09	2.47	54.50	62.00	0.000*
	41	LCT	Dog	71.58	4.24	66.48	78.10	0.000*
	42	MH	Fox	37.15	2.47	33.00	40.00	0.000*
	42	MH	Dog	54.70	6.84	45.50	63.03	0.000*
	43	MFT	Fox	20.55	1.89	17.10	22.90	0.000*
	43	MFT	Dog	30.97	2.03	28.06	32.74	0.000*
	44	MFMB	Fox	6.20	1.11	4.60	7.90	0.000*
	44	MFMB	Dog	11.31	0.92	9.99	12.59	0.000*
	45	MFCB	Fox	22.13	2.43	19.00	27.00	0.019*
	45	MFCB	Dog	19.05	2.21	16.04	22.11	0.019*

Significant difference (*) indicated when p < 0.05 using Man-Whitney U test

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