WILKINS ET AL.: FLORIDA PANTHER MORPHOLOGY


 Appendix 7

 Skull measurements used in the cranial analysis of Puma concolor coryi.


VARIABLES.

 1. Total Length (TL) Anterior tips of premaxillae to posterior point in median line over the foramen
 magnum.
 2. Condylobasal length (CBL) Anterior tips of premaxillae to posterior pane of occipital condyles.
 3. Zygomatic breadth (ZYB) Greatest distance between outside borders of zygomata.
 4. Cranium height (CRH) Vertical distance from lower border of palatines to height of frontals, at
 vertical plane of postorbital processes.
 5. Width of palate (PAW)- Greatest width of palate between outside margins of carnassial
 alveoli.
 6. Palatal length (PAL) Anterior tips of premaxillae to posterior edge of palate.
 7. Maxillary tooth row (MXTR) Anterior alveolus of canine to posterior alveolus of carnassial.
 8. Mandlbular tooth row (MDTR)- Anterior alveolus of canine to posterior alveolus of carnassial.
 9. Mastoid breadth (MASB) Greatest posterior width of skull including outside margins of the
 mastoids.
 10. Post-orbital process breadth (POPB) Greatest width between the outer points ofpostorbital
 processes.
 11. Postorbital constriction (POC) Least distance posterior to the postorbital processes.
 12. Width at canines (WC) Width at outside margins of canine aveoli.
 13. Interorbital breadth (IOB) Least distance between orbits.
 14. Pterygold width (PW) Least distance at outer edges ofpterygoids.
 15. Condyle width (CW) Greatest width of occupital condyles.
 16. Upper canassial crown length (UCL) Antero-posterior length of crown at cingulum.
 17. Upper carnassial crown width (UCW) Greatest width of carnassial.
 18. Lower carnassial crown length (LCL) Antero-posterior length of crown at cingulum.


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