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Table 2. Mandibular measurements (In mm). (Specimens marked with asterisks are from zoo garden, + marks measurements of specimens with milk dentition.) Study specimen No, sex 3.0 4,0" 5,0* 6,8 7, d** 8,0** 9,o Age (year:month) :6 5:6-6: 4:8 5:6 1:4 9: 2:5 Length from angle (id-goc) 320 431 427 428 5 368 431 404 Length of ramus (td-aboral border of Mgalvelous) 220 + 342 337 . 330 300 + 337 318 Infradentale-gonlon ventrale distance (ld-gov) 280 403 391 385 340 390 360 Aboral height of vertical ramus (gov-cm) 110 161 133 134 115 146 134 Oral height of vertical ramus (gov-cr) 157 218 193 196 170 203 190 Goc.- aboral border of M g alveolus distance 98 108 91 103 83 104 98 Length of diastema 101 167 157 160 122 152 137 Smallest height of diastema 27 29 23 24 25 30 27 Height of corpus mandlbulae behind M3 48 64 58 59 58 62 62 Height of corpus mandlbulae at Mj 38 54 48 49 38 57 49 Height of corpus mandlbulae In front of P2 34 50 41 43 34 46 38 Greatest length of mandibular symphysis 61 106 91 90 78 95 78 Height of mandibular symphysis 25 25 27 25 27 Breadth of condylar process 18 43 41.5 36 5 36 36 40 P 2-M 3 cheektooth-row length 97 + 158 158 148 150 + 158 160 P 2 _4 premolar-row length 63 + 66 66 64 66 + 65 72 Mj ^ molar-row length 90 93 86 88 + 94 92 M^ crown length 37 36.5 36 2 39 40 Table 3. Measurements of pelvis (in mm). (Specimens marked with asterisks ire from zoo garden.) Study specimen No, sex 4, ó* 5,0* 6.$ 7, cT* 8, Ô** 9,2 Age (year:month) 5:6-6: 4:8 5:6 1:4 9: 2:5 Greatest length of one half 470 450 360 430 400 Greatest breadth of ala ossls ilii 200 155 137 147 158 Greatest length of Ischium 170 121 146 146 Smallest height of shaft of ilium 44 36 42 29.5 35 36 Smallest height of body of Ischla 43 41 41 33 36 43 Length of acetabulum 68 60 61 58 60 61 Height of acetabulum at ventral side 25 26 12 23 23 9 Inner length of foramen obturatum 90 87 94 70 92 79 Inner height of foramen obturatum 51 50 54 39 47 44 Length of ramus cranialls part of pubis 82 71 80 48 67 68 Length of tuberculum pubicum 33 34 28 21 30 33 Length of symphysis ossis pubis 58 51 46 52 54 66 Height of symphysis ossls pubis 34 39 25 32 29 33 Data of the Swedish elk population from the hunting area between the northern latitudes of 60° and 64° have been considered for age determination (IREGREN 1975, CHAIX & DESSE 1981). Those animals showed a definetely progressed fusion of epiphyses, that Is the fusion of those in metapodii and phalangi happened at an earlier stage of life than in the specimens from Karelia, Soviet Union (see Table 4). The early fusion resulted in metapodii shorter, broader and thicker (IREGREN 1975) in the Swedish elk than in elk in Karelia. A difference in the development of dentition could also observed between the Swedish elk (MARKGREN 1964) and Karelian as well as Volga-Kama specimens (HEPTNER & NASIMOVITSCH 1967). That Is, the milk dentition of the Swedish specimens changed earlier and permanent teeth erupted and reached their final row and height sooner than In the ones in Eastern Europe. We could infer from the osteometrlcal data of the Zoo specimens that they had narrower and dorsoventrally thinner metapodii, than those of free-living animals (see CHAIX & DESSE 1981 and Table 4).
