NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES BODY STRUCTURE FEATURES

Abstract

A raccoon dog has certain features in the structure of the bones of the skull: the parietal and occipital bones have a high crest, the nasal bones are short, the nasal processes of the incisal bone reach the frontal bones, the angle of the mandible is weakly expressed. The morphology of the dental apparatus of a raccoon dog indicates omnivorous and mild predation. In the cervical spine there are 7 vertebrae, in the thoracic - 14 vertebrae, in the lumbar 6 vertebrae, in the sacral 3 vertebrae and in the caudal 16-18 vertebrae. The ribs of a raccoon dog are narrow and flat, in an amount of 13 pairs. Sternum without features. The scapula has a more rounded dorsal margin and a well-defined acromion. In this animal, the pelvis is significantly flattened on the sides, the wing of the ilium is rounded, the gluteal surface is smoothed, the maclock is not pronounced.