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Table 4 Correlation analysis of the red fox and domestic dog skull indices and theirs factors

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

Index	Animal	TSL	ZW	CL	WB	FMH	FMW	VCL	NL	MxPw	PL	BL
Skull index (SI)	Fox	-0.477	0.481
Skull index (SI)	Dog	0.068	0.360
Length–width index (WI)	Fox	0.507	-0.451
Length–width index (WI)	Dog	-0.070	-0.362
Cranial index (CI)	Fox			-0.827^a	0.680
Cranial index (CI)	Dog			-0.876^b	0.803
Foramen magnum index (FMI)	Fox					0.148	-0.417
Foramen magnum index (FMI)	Dog					0.685	-0.615
Facial index (FI)	Fox		-0.594					-0.434
Facial index (FI)	Dog		0.281					0.729^a
Nasal index (NI)	Fox		0.122						-0.746^a
Nasal index (NI)	Dog		-0.397						-0.835^b
Palatine index (PI)	Fox									-0.325	-0.801^b
Palatine index (PI)	Dog									-0.351	-0.792^a
Palato-basal index (BP)	Fox										0.229	-0386
	Dog										-0.091	-0.339

^aCorrelation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
^bCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

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