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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
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