I'm pretty sure Enlow and Brown in their Texas Journal
of Science articles 1954-56 contrasted the
osteohistology of domestic cats and wild cats. If
they didn't, then Matyas or Mueller did.
-KIM
--- Andy Hammon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
>
> I don't suppose anyone could help with the any of
> the following:
>
>
> Has anyone developed/come across skeletal
> morphological criteria
> for distinguishing between mustelids in the european
> mink (<italic>Mustela
> lutreola</italic>)/western polecat
> (<italic>M.putorius</italic>)/pine martin
> (<italic>Martes martes</italic>)
> etc size category?
>
>
> Domestic cat (<italic>Felis catus</italic>)/wildcat
> (<italic>F.silvestris</italic>) skele morph
> criteria?
>
>
> Domestic dog (<italic>Canis
> familiaris</italic>)/wolf (<italic>C.lupus</italic>)
> skele morph
> criteria?
>
>
> And, does anyone know what the common name for
> <italic>Mustela furo</italic>
> is? I looked at several ref books and tried the
> Smithsonian National
> Museum of Nat History Mammals Species of the World
> (MSW)
> web-site http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/ with no luck.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
Andy<color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>
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