Abstract
The current study reports the cranial morphology of Sus scrofa, with detailed
comparison of different features of skull. The cranial morphology has been utilized as a tool to
discriminate between the different species of wild and domesticated suids. The studied material
comprises of the three skulls. The straighter snouts and slenderer crania manifests that specimens
under study were wild while the sex of species was determined by the permanent canine teeth
morphology, as in females the upper canines extend in ventrolateral directions and continue to
grow in lateral direction while in males the upper canines extend out in anterolateral direction
and curve dorsally. The estimation of suid’s ages was based on third molar eruption. The fiftyone craniometric and twenty mandibular measurements were carried out on the adult male
skull and data derived from analysis of our sample was compared with previously reported data
of European and Japanese wild boar. As a result of comparison of the different craniometric
and mandibular parameters it was inferred that the studied specimen has larger dimensions
for various parameters than the European and Japanese wild boar. The smaller cranial and
mandibular values in Eurasian and Japanese wild boar may be attributed to some evolutionary,
climatic or hunting pressures.
Ayesha Iqbal, Ghulam Sarwar, Abdul Majid Khan, Muhammad Ameen, Ayesha Iqbal, Rana Manzoor Ahmad. (2020) Craniometrical Analysis of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) from Northern Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab University Journal of Zoology, Volume 35, Issue 1.
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