Volume 14
Issue 4/volume14
Veterinary Medicine
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume14/issue4/volume14/abs-11.html
MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE CRANIAL CAVITY AND THE OCCIPITAL REGION OF THE SKULL IN AUROCHS (BOS PRIMIGENIUS BOJANUS 1827)
Witold Brudnicki1, Włodzimierz Nowicki1, Adam Brudnicki1, Benedykt Skoczylas1, Krzysztof Kirkiłło-Stacewicz1, Jan Wach1, Karol Grzywacz2
1 Department of Animal Physiology, Zoophysiotherapy and Feeding, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
2 Department of Animal Morphology and Hunting,
University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, Poland
ABSTRACT
The skull was found in the Tuchola Forest (Kuyavia and Pomerania Province)
in the area of Tuchola. The skull was almost complete, with only a part of the
incisive bone and the mandible missing. Observations and measurements allowed
to broaden the knowledge about the next morphometric data concerning these extinct
species. The capacity of the cranial cavity in investigated species was 710 cm3
and was much bigger then capacity of other Bovidae except for European
bison (more than 12 years). The inner length of the cranial cavity measured from
the rooster comb to the bregma point was 155 m. The comparison of the capacity
of the cranial cavity in auroch with domestic cattle proves the higher capacity
of the cranial cavity in auroch. Considering the auroch as the ancestor of the
cattle it confirms Bogolubski's (1968) thesis that wild game has the higher
capacity of the cranial cavity in comparison with the related domestic animals.
Key words: aurochs, skull, morphometry, cranial cavity, occipital region.
Witold Brudnicki
Department of Animal Physiology, Zoophysiotherapy and Feeding, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Bernardyńska 6
85-029 Bydgoszcz
Poland
email: anat@utp.edu.pl
Włodzimierz Nowicki
Department of Animal Physiology, Zoophysiotherapy and Feeding, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Bernardyńska 6
85-029 Bydgoszcz
Poland
email: wlodek_novika@interia.eu
Adam Brudnicki
Department of Animal Physiology, Zoophysiotherapy and Feeding, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Bernardyńska 6
85-029 Bydgoszcz
Poland
email: brudnicki.adam@gmail.com
Benedykt Skoczylas
Department of Animal Physiology, Zoophysiotherapy and Feeding, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Bernardyńska 6
85-029 Bydgoszcz
Poland
email: anat@utp.edu.pl
Krzysztof Kirkiłło-Stacewicz
Department of Animal Physiology, Zoophysiotherapy and Feeding, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Bernardyńska 6
85-029 Bydgoszcz
Poland
email: krzysztof.stacewicz@o2.pl
Jan Wach
Department of Animal Physiology, Zoophysiotherapy and Feeding, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Bernardyńska 6
85-029 Bydgoszcz
Poland
email: janwach82@poczta.onet.pl
Karol Grzywacz
Department of Animal Morphology and Hunting,
University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Bernardyńska 6, 85-029 Bydgoszcz, Poland
email: kgz@tuchola.pl
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