Geographical Variation of Mandible Size and Shape in the Japanese Wild Pig (Sus scrofa leucomystax)

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 815-820

  Endo, Hideki ^f   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Sasaki, Motoki ^b   Kurosawa, Yaetsu ^c   Tanaka, Kazue ^d   Yamazaki, Kyomi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Cattle Museum   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^e Iwaki Junior College   (Japan)

^f DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese wild pig; Mandible; Osteometry; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SWINE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SWINE;

EID: 0034251966     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.62.815     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Abe, M. 1989. Fundamental studies of animal remains of prehistoric Japan (3): Estimation of the growth stage and the body size of wild boar (Sus scrofa leucomystax) by observation and measurements of crania. Anthrop. Rep. 48: 27-63 (in Japanese with English abstract).
2. Driesch, A. 1976. A Guide to the Measurement of Animal Bones from Archaeological Sites, Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge.
3. Duerst, J. U. 1926. Vergleichende Untersuchungsmethoden am Skelett bei Säugern, ss. 125-530. In: Handbuch der Biologischen Arbeitsmethoden, Abt. 7, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin.
4. Ellerman, J. R. and Morrison-Scott, T. C. S. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. British Museum, London.
5. Endo, H. 1996. Scientific and Japanese names of artiodactyls of Japan. Mamm. Sci. 35: 203-209 (in Japanese).
6. Endo, H., Kurohmaru, M. and Hayashi, Y. 1995. An osteometrical study of the cranium and mandible of Ryukyu wild pig in Iriomote Island. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 56: 855-860.
7. Endo, H., Maeda, S., Yamagiwa, D., Kurohmaru, M., Hayashi, Y., Hattori, S., Kurosawa, Y. and Tanaka, K. 1998. Geographical variation of mandible size and shape in the Ryukyu wild pig (Sus scrofa riukiuanus). J. Vet. Med. Sci. 60: 57-61.
8. Endo, H., Kurohmaru, M., Hayashi, Y., Ohsako, S., Matsumoto, M., Nishinakagawa, H., Yamamoto, M., Kurosawa, Y. and Tanaka, K. 1998. Multivariate analysis of mandible in the Ryukyu wild pig (Sus scrofa riukiuanus). J. Vet. Med. Sci. 60: 731-733.
9. Haltenorth, T. H. and Trense, W. 1956. Das Großwild der Erde und seine Trophäen. Bayerischer Landwirtschaftsverlag, Bonn.
10. Hayashi, Y. 1975. Nihon-san Inoshishi-no Tougai-ni-kansuru Keitaigakuteki-kenkyu. Ph. D. Thesis, The University of Tokyo (in Japanese).
11. Hayashi, Y., Nishida, T., Mochizuki, K. and Seta, S. 1977. Sex and age determination of the Japanese wild boar (Sus scrofa leucomystax) by the lower teeth. Jpn. J. Vet. Sci. 39: 165-174 (in Japanese with English abstract).
12. Hayashi, Y., Nishida, T., Hashiguchi, T. and Simamora, S. 1983. Morphological similarities of the mandible between Indonesian native pig and seven types of Asian wild boar. Rep. Soc. Res. Native Livestock 10: 140-145 (in Japanese with English abstract).
13. Hayashida, S. 1960. Studies on wild boar and dog found at shell-mounds in the Amami-Oshima Archipelago. J. Anthrop. Soc. Nippon 68: 96-115 (in Japanese with English abstract).
14. Imaizumi, Y. 1973. Taxonomic study of the wild boar from Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Mem. Nat. Sci. Mus. 6: 113-129 (in Japanese with English abstract).
15. Komatsu, M. 1995. Nihon no Inoshishi to Buta. Animal Husbandry 49: 65-68 (in Japanese).
16. Kuroda, N. 1924. pp. 11-14. On New Mammals from the Riu Kiu Islands and Vicinity. Author's Publication, Tokyo.
17. Kuroda, N. 1940. Genshoku Nihon Juurui-Zusetsu, Sanseido, Tokyo (in Japanese).
18. Kurosawa, Y. and Tanaka, K. 1988. Electrophoretic variants of serum transferrin in wild pig populations of Japan. Anim. Genetics 19: 31-35.
19. Kurosawa, Y. and Tanaka, K. 1991. PGD variants in several wild pig populations of East Asia. Anim. Genetics 22: 357-360.
20. Kurosawa, Y., Tanaka, K., Nishida, T. and Cyril, H. W. 1986. Blood groups and biochemical polymorphisms of wild pigs, Sus scrofa cristatus in Sri Lanka. Rep. Soc. Res. Native Livestock 11: 143-154 (in Japanese with English abstract).
21. Kurosawa, Y., Tanaka, K. and Oishi, T. 1989. Genetic variability of the Ryukyu wild pig (Sus scrofa riukiuanus) population in Iriomote island. Mamm. Sci. 29: 13-21 (in Japanese with English abstract).
22. Lin, H. and Shi, L. 1993. The origin and genetic differentiation of native breeds of pigs in southwest China. Biochem. Genetics 31: 51-60.
23. Miura, S. 1997. Red List of Japanese Mammals, pp. 131-132. (Mammalogical Society of Japan, ed.) Bunichi-Sogo-Shuppan, Tokyo.
24. Okumura, N., Ishiguro, N., Nakano, M., Hirai, K., Matsui, A. and Sahara, M. 1996. Geographic population structure and sequence divergence in the mitochondrial DNA control region of the Japanese wild boar (Sus scrofa leucomystax), with reference to those of domestic pigs. Biochem. Genetics 34: 179-189.
25. Senba, T. 1960. On the bones of wild boar from the Shimo-tabaru Shell-mound in the Haderuma Island, Loochoo Islands. Quart. J. Anthrop. 7: 57-60 (in Japanese with English abstract).
26. Senba, T. 1964. On the skulls of wild boars from the Iriomote Island, Loochoo Islands. Rep. Committee Foreign Sci. Res., Kyushu Univ. 2: 251-256 (in Japanese with English abstract).
27. Takeda, K., Onishi, A., Ishida, N., Kawakami, K., Komatsu, M. and Inumaru, S. 1995. SSCP analysis of pig mitochondrial DNA D-loop region polymorphism. Anim. Genetics 26: 321-326.
28. Watanabe, T., Hayashi, Y., Ogasawara, N. and Tomita, T. 1985. Polymorphism of mitochondrial DNA in pigs based on restriction endonuclease cleavage patterns. Biochem. Genetics 23: 105-114.
29. Watanabe, T., Hayashi, Y., Kimura, J., Yasuda, Y., Saitou, N., Tomida, T. and Ogasawara, N. 1986. Pig mitochondria DNA: polymorphism, restriction map orientation, and sequence data. Biochem. Genetics 24: 385-396.