Published in Scientific Works. Series C. Veterinary Medicine, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 1
Written by Petronela Mihaela ROŞU, Bogdan GEORGESCU, Cristian Romeo BELU, Letiţia PURDOIU, Sorina Andreea MIHAI, Eduard GUREŞOAE, Valerica DĂNACU
This study aims to analyze and describe the morphological characteristics of the skull in the Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) in Romania. The morphological particularities of the skull are essential elements for the recognition of the species. The data from the literature on the morphology of the skull in this species are insufficient and focused mostly on the morphometric particularities of the skull. For the present study, we examined a skull from an adult bear, that is part of the collection of the Anatomy department. The bear is a protected animal and is hunted only under conditions established by law. The observational analysis of the morphological features of the skull led to the following conclusions: the skull is compact, elongated and relatively narrow on the dorsal part, the zygomatic processes of the frontal bone are very short and lacking in supraorbital foramen, the external sagittal crest is reduced, the lacrimal bone has a single lacrimal foramen, the articular surface for the mandible is represented by a transversal elongated articular cavity, being delimited in an caudal direction by the retroarticular process, the accessory palatine foramina are very small.
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