SEX DETERMINATION OF REINDEER (RANGIFER T ARANDUS) FROM MEASUREMENTS OF MANDIBLES

Authors
KRUSHINSKAYA NL KLEVEZAL GA SOKOLOV AA GRUZDEV AR PRONYAEV AV
Citation
Nl. Krushinskaya et al., SEX DETERMINATION OF REINDEER (RANGIFER T ARANDUS) FROM MEASUREMENTS OF MANDIBLES, Zoologiceskij zurnal, 76(3), 1997, pp. 379-381
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Zoologiceskij zurnal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00445134
Volume
76
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
379 - 381
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-5134(1997)76:3<379:SDOR(T>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
There is no sex dimorphism in reindeer less than three years old. In a dults with definitive dentition it is possible to determine sex from t he length of the mandible diastema. The specimens with the diastema sh orter than 94 mm are females, those with diastema longer 100 mm are ma les. The animals with intermediate values of the diastema length can b e qualified as females if their molars are worn out and as males if th eir molars are not worn out.