COMPARATIVELY MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF THE HEAD SKELETON IN SOME SPECIES OF SUIDAE FAMILY | СРАВНИТЕЛНО МОРФОМЕТРИЧНО ИЗСЛЕДВАНЕ НА СКЕЛЕТА НА ГЛАВАТА ПРИ НЯКОИ ВИДОВЕ ОТ СЕМЕЙСТВО SUIDAE
2014
Mihaylov, R., Thrakia University, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) | Dimitrov, R., Thrakia University, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) | Stamatova-Yovcheva, K., Thrakia University, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) | Yovchev, D., Thrakia University, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) | Stoyanov, S., Thrakia University, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)
The aim of the study was to make a comparative craniological analysis of wild and domestic swine and warthog. We investigated the head skeleton of 27 individuals belonging to 3 animal species of family Suidae – wild swine Sus scrofa scrofa domestic swine Sus scrofa familiaris and warthog Phacochoerus africanus. The values of 9 craniological parameters were determined. In domestic swine the head skeleton was shorter compared to the wild swine and warthog. Domestic swines condylobasal length was the greatest. The facial skeleton was more developed than the brain one that proves thesis that faces shortening is connected with adaptation to predation. Wild swines head skeleton shape differed to this of domestic swine and warthog. Greater height of domestic swines brain cranium was resulted by the fact that its frontal bones are not plate and they form an angle along them. The brain cavitys volume is the greatest in the wild swine, which probably is an advantage for mammals surviving.
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