Fig. 9 in Functional Significance Of Anatomical Accommodation In The Skull Of Common Hoopoe, Upupa Epops (Bucerotiforme Upupidae)

Fig. 9. Cranial osteometric characters of common hoopoe Upupa epops; (A) illustrate the ratio ofwidth of brain case, temporal fossa and Frontal region; (B, E, F) illustrate the ratio between the bony elements of lower jaw and its mandibular symphysis; (c, d) illustrate the ratio between the bony elements of upper jaw. Abbreviations: W.Bc, Width of Brain Case; W.Ft, Width of Temporal Fossa; W.F, Width of Frontal; L.Lj, Length of Lower Jaw; D.Sym.L.J, Dorsal Mandibular Symphasis; V.Sym.L.J, Ventral Mandibular Symphasis; L.Uj, Length of Upper Jaw; L.N, Length of Nasal Bone; Cn, Length of Nasal Cavity; Art, Length of Articular; RA, length of Rearticular process. Means in mm, N = 10.