Table 5. Comparison of cranial lengths of Cis-Baikal canids with modern and ancient canids.
| Specimen/population (n) | Total skulllength/range (mm) | Mean | St. d. |
| Shamanka II dog | 215.9 | ||
| Ust'-Belaia 1 | 213.0 | ||
| Ust'-Belaia 2 | 190.5 | ||
| Ust'-Belaia 4 | 165.8 | ||
| Pad' Kalashnikova 1 | 169.0 | ||
| Pad' Kalashnikova 2 | 182.7 | ||
| Lokomotiv wolf | 266.0 | ||
| European Palaeolithic dogsa (8) | 225.7–256.0 | 235.1 | 10.15 |
| Recent Siberian Huskiesb (18) | 168.9–217.0 | 196.7 | 14.05 |
| Recent NA Arctic dogsc (16) | 202.0–233.0 | 214.3 | 16.95 |
| Recent Siberian wolvesb (19) | 233.4–273.0 | 248.5 | 10.08 |
| Recent Canis lupus chanco b (8) | 221.6–247.5 | 234.4 | 8.33 |
| Pleistocene wolvesa (6) | 253.7–276.5 | 263.3 | 8.34 |