@article{oai:obihiro.repo.nii.ac.jp:02000187,
 author = {Suzuki, Chihiro and Sasaki, Motoki and 佐々木, 基樹 and Tsuzuki, Nao and 都築, 直 and Kayano, Mitsunori and 茅野, 光範 and Yamada, Kazutaka and 山田, 一孝 and Ishiguro, Naotaka and Suzuki, satoshi and Taru, Hajime and Matsuda, Wataru and Endo, Hideki and 遠藤, 秀紀 and Kikuchi, Tomoaki and Kikuchi, Kaoru and Kitamura, Nobuo and 北村, 延夫},
 issue = {4},
 journal = {Quantitative analysis of the skull in the Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax) using CT},
 month = {Feb},
 note = {application/pdf, In this study using computed tomography (CT), the volumes of the internal cranial cavities, such as the braincase, frontal sinus and tympanic cavity, and the ratio of the volume of each cavity to the skull volume in Japanese wolves were quantified, and CT images of the frontal sinus were observed. The results were then compared with those of other wolf subspecies, including Akita, a dog breed, to clarify the characteristics of the internal cranial cavities in Japanese wolves. The present study revealed that the Japanese wolf had a relatively larger braincase volume and a relatively smaller frontal sinus volume than the wolf ssp. (a group of wild wolf subspecies except the Japanese wolf) and Akita. Moreover, the relative and absolute tympanic cavity volumes of the Japanese wolf and Akita were significantly smaller than those of the wolf ssp. In the CT image or macroscopic observations, the frontal sinuses of the wolf ssp. and Akita were relatively well developed to the caudal and dorsal directions, respectively, compared with that of the Japanese wolf, and the tympanic cavity of the wolf ssp. was more largely swelled ventrally and medially than that of other groups.},
 pages = {440--450},
 title = {Quantitative analysis of the skull in the Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax) using CT},
 volume = {86},
 year = {2024}
}