Table 6. Comparison of teeth size of the Ust’-Khaita canid with select canid populations. All measurements in mm.

	P3 length				P4 length				M1 length				M1 length
Specimen/population	N	Range	Mean	St.d.	N	Range	Mean	St.d.	N	Range	Mean	St.d.	N	Range	Mean	St.d.
Ust'-Khaita canid	1	14.9			1	22.1			1	14.9			1	26.53
Paleolithic dogsa	5	14.60–17.50	16.28	1.24	8	23.86–27.30	25.23	1.15	6	14.60–19.00	16.69	1.73	2	25.50–29.00	27.25
Pleistocene wolvesa	5	16.50–17.93	17.33	0.57	6	25.10–28.60	26.38	1.32	5	15.90–18.57	17.49	1.13	3	30.52–31.70	30.98	0.63
Prehistoric dogsb	3	12.80–14.00	13.15	0.6	3	17.20–19.50	18.67	1.27					2	21.6–26.9	24.25
Baltic Sea Mesolithic dogsd					18	16.1–21.1	18.5	1.53					29	19.4–24.8	22.2	1.31
Cis-Baikal Middle Holocene dogsc	8	11.2–13.8	12.18	0.82	9	18.0–21.0	19.5	0.92	9	12.0–15.0	13.24	0.84	5	20.63–24.30	21.74	1.47
Recent Siberian wolvesa,c					25	22.82–28.00	24.77	1.47	11	13.97–18.01	15.78	1.17	19	26.70–32.90	29.25	1.77
Recent Canis lupus chancoa,c					8	23.60–26.90	25.01	1.11					8	26.40–31.00	28.71	1.75
Recent Siberian Huskiesa,c					15	17.09–21.50	19	1.05	4	11.11–12.50	11.66	0.59	15	20.60–24.50	22.53	1.19
Recent N.A. Arctic dogsc	38	10.90–15.21	13.83	0.93	36	18.18–24.09	21.07	1.19	38	11.72–15.02	13.6	0.76	35	21.30–26.05	24.08	1.33

^aThis study, [24].

^b [28], [29], [30].

^cThis study.

^d [31].