Gross anatomical and morophmetrical studies to the skull bones of the local rabbit (Oryctohguscuniculus)‎

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Ten adult rabbit (5male and 5 female) were used for gross anatomical and biometrical studies.

The main characteristics feature of the local rabbit skulls are : in dorsal surface there are a shallow external sagittle crest, the frontal bone has anterior and posterior supraorbital process, the external acoustic meatus is a short wide bony tube directed caudodorsally, the orbita are large, the external surface of the maxilla is pitted by numerous small opening (fenestrated).

A total of 16 linear measurement estimated in the rabbit skulls .There are significant difference between males and females observed in bizygomatic distance, basion-bragma height, maxilla-alveolar length, orbital height and foramen magnum breadth.