Friday, December 3, 2010

Dolichocephalic Skull - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

"I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development."


Cephalic index - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Dolichocephalic animals


Dolichocephalic Borzoi
A dolichocephalic skull is relatively long skull (typically with the breadth less than 80% or 75% of the length).
List of dolicocephalic canines:
Afghan Hound
Azawakh
Bedlington Terrier
Borzoi
Chart Polski
Cirneco dell'Etna
Dolichocephalic BorzoiImage via WikipediaCollie
Dachshund
Galgo Español
Greyhound
Hortaya Borzaya
Ibizan Hound
Irish Wolfhound
Italian Greyhound
Pharaoh Hound
Saluki
Scottish Deerhound
Silken Windhound
Sloughi
Whippet
Great Dane
Siberian Husky
Grey wolf"
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