(Wydawnictwo Uczelniane Zachodniopomorskiego Uniwersytetu Technologicznego w Szczecinie, 2015) Pęzińska-Kijak, Katarzyna; Baranowski, Piotr; Department of Animal Anatomy, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland; Department of Animal Anatomy, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland
This study aimed at determining the values of basic osteometric traits of the long and
flat bones allowing for sex and litter size as well as finding out whether a statistical correlation
exists between the cranial traits and those of selected post-cranial bones in long-tailed
chinchilla. The study material consisted of 140 humeri, scapulae, femora and pelvises and 136
crania of farm long-tailed chinchillas of both sexes from single and multiple litters. A greater
correlation was found in the chinchilla skeleton between the head skeleton and the skeleton of
the shoulder and pelvic girdles in females than in males, whereas no significant effect of sex
and litter size on the metric traits of long-tailed chinchilla scapula, humerus, pelvis and femur.