Dear Fiona!
You could take a look in:
Mayer, J. J. & Brisbin, Jr. I. L. 1988. Sex identification of Sus scrofa based on canine morphology. Journal of Mammalogy 69: 408-412.
Here you will find some definitions of measurements and also a table of canine size in wild boar.
It is important to consider that there is large differences in size between different populations of wild boar and domestic pigs. So, Ideal are using measurements from the geographic region and period you are interested in.
The measurements in Mayer & Brisbin are cross-sections of the canine just below wear of the teeth, so you can measure canines still in mandibles and partially fragmented specimens. It shall of course only be applied to adults and is a bit tricky to measure, but I have used it and it is usually no problem to use theses measurements to separate domestic pigs from wild boar.
Best wishes!
Ola Magnell
Department of Archaeology
and Ancient History
Lund University
--- Den mån 2010-03-15 skrev fiona beglane <[log in to unmask]>:
> Från: fiona beglane <[log in to unmask]>
> Ämne: [ZOOARCH] wild pig canines
> Till: [log in to unmask]
> Datum: måndag 15 mars 2010 22.23
> Hello Zooarchers
> Same question - different species! Does anyone have
> any metrical data for wild male pig canines - both
> mandibular and maxillary? Of course they get somewhat
> bigger as they get older, but the ones I have are very large
> in cross section.
> Thank you again
> Fiona
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