Metric characteristics and sexual dimorphism of the postcranial skeleton of wild cat Felis silvestris in Bulgaria

• Autorzy: Petrov I.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The measurements of scapula, pelvis, humerus, ulna, radius, tibia, femur, and the first three vertebrae of the adult wild cat Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777 from Bulgaria were used in this study. Considerable differences between the sexes were revealed at three levels of significance in most of the sizes of scapula, pelvis, and vertebrae. The males were bigger than the females. No significant differences were found in the limb bones, except in the length of the humerus. Widening of the female pelvis was not observed. The variability of the skeletal parts examined was found to be comparatively low for most of them.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

sexual dimorphism; wildcat; Felis silvestris; postcranial skeleton; Bulgaria

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Theriologica
• Rocznik: 1992
• Tom: 37
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.397-401,fig.

Twórcy

autor

Petrov I.

• Forest Research Institute, 132 Kl. Ohridski str., 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria

Bibliografia

• Arrighi J. and Salotti M. 1988. Le chat sauvage (Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777) en Corse. Con­firmation de la presence et approche taxonomique. Mammalia 52: 123 - 125.
• Cantuel P. 1955. Remarques sur le squelette d'un Chat sauvage Felis silvestris Schreber. Mammalia 19: 470 - 477.
• Kratochvil Z. 1976. Das Postkranialskelett der Wild- und Hauskatze (Felis silvestris und F. lybica f. catus). Acta Scientiarum Naturalium, Brno 10: 1 - 43.
• Kratochvil Z. 1977a. Ohsah neurocrania, hmotnost a d6lka t6la koiky divokd (Felis silvestris) a koCky domaci (Felis lybica f. catus).
• Pol'ovnicky sbornik 7: 367 - 375. Kratochvil Z. 1977b. Die Unterscheidung postkranialer Merkmal-spaare bei Felis s. silvestris und F. lybica f. catus (Mammalia). Folia zoologica 26: 115 - 128.
• Schauenberg P. 1980. Note sur le squelette et la maturite physique du Chat forestier Felis silvestris Schreb. Revue suisse de Zoologie 87: 549 - 556.