Hi Albina,
check Miles & Grigson (1990, 121-122). They found 27,8 % females with rudimentary canines (n = 173).
Best
Christian
Reference:
# Miles, A. E. W. & Grigson, Caroline (1990): Colyer's Variations and diseases of the teeth of animals, Cambridge
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> Am 09.03.2018 um 11:26 schrieb Albína Hulda Pálsdóttir <[log in to unmask]>:
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> Dear Zooarch
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> I am looking for sources that discuss the presence of canines in mares. I know there are a lot of places in the literature that mention that mares can have canines (usually small ones) offhand but I wanted to check if there was anything with slightly more detail or information about how common that is based on some data.
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> I have looked through Cluny Johnstone's very useful thesis and she cites Bökönyi (1974) which I am waiting to get access to (does anybody have that book in pdf? I found it in a few places in pdf but they all looked unsafe to me).
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> Are there any other publications that discuss canines in mares in any detail or the use of canines to sex horse skeletons?
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> Regards,
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> Albína
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> References
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> Johnstone, C. J. (2004). A Biometric Study of Equids in the Roman World (PhD thesis). University of York.
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> Bökönyi, S. (1974). History of domestic mammals in Central and Eastern Europe. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó.
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