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 |