This study was carried out to identify the craniometric characteristics of the skull of Korean native goat. The results were as follows;
The skull index, cranial index, facial index, right orbital index and lefr orbital index were 55.86±2.14, 59.97±3.68, 107.03±5.71, 92.22±4.54 and 90.47±5.48, respectively. The ratio of facial length to cranial length was 1:1.15 and the ratio of length of cranial base to palatal length was 1:1.35.
The skull length was more correlated to the facial length than to the cranial length(p<0.01). The skull width was more correlated to the width between foramina supraorbitales than to the width between foramina infraorbitales. It also showed negative con-elation to the medial width between bases of processus cornualis but positive correlation to the lateral width between bases of processus cornualis(p<0.01).
The width between tips of both horns showed high positive correlation to the medial width between processus cornualis, but negative correlation to the lateral width(p<0.01).
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