Dear Salima, You can also conduct a table test with the humerus as described by: Ruscillo, D., 2006. The table test; a simple technique for sexing canid humeri. In: Recent advances in ageing and sexing animal bones, pp. 62-67. Best wishes, Jessica On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 17:54:15 +0200, Salima Ikram <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear All > For sexing dogs, apart from the bacculum, can one rely on the pelvis > (thinness of acet, etc) for sexing? Also, can the sagittal crest be > used for sexing at all? > Any help on sexing dogs (and foxes and jackals) would be greatly > appreciated. > Best > > Salima Ikram > Professor of Egyptology > American University in Cairo > P. O. Box 74, Road 90, Tagammu 5 > New Cairo 11825, EGYPT > [log in to unmask] > Fax: 20227957565