Skull Morphometry of the Lion (Panthera leo), Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) and Cat (Felis catus)

The skull morphology of the lion (4), dog (15) and cat (4) are described and compared in this work. Meas- urements of their skull length, weight (without mandible), cranial length and width, facial length and width, skull index, cranial index, facial index, orbital index and cranial capacity are given. Correlations between these measurements were also examined for each species.