Sentences with phrase «wide skull»

They also compared two male and two female I. araguaiaensis skulls with skull measurements from the other species and found small differences in the number and shape of certain teeth, and a slightly wider skull.

Brachycephalia refers to a flat and wide skull shape.

Germonpré's 2009 assessment of the Goyet canid was largely based on the measurement of observable physical traits, such as the comparatively wide skull and snout, more doglike than wolfish.

It is Noteworthy however that since breeders starter to breed for a slightly wider skull, the Doberman has become much mellower.

Dogs with short muzzles and a flat and wide skull shape are called brachycephalic breeds.

The whale's wide skull would have boosted the volume of its mouth and, in turn, the efficiency of suction feeding, he suggests.

Both «King of Gore» and «Tyrant Lizard King» had about the same number of teeth set in a wide skull.

The anesthetized dog method, for example, has found that bite force increases if not proportionately, at least significantly, with the size of the dog and with shorter jaws and wider skulls in medium and large dogs.

All of these breeds share certain characteristics, such as a stocky bodies, wide skulls and powerful jaws, due to their history as fighting dogs.

The jaws just aren't «constructed» to lock, but an academic study, «Cranial dimensions and forces of biting in the domestic dog,» shows that the bigger and wider the skull, the stronger the bite.

The skull is more slender rather than the wide skull of the British type and the legs and tail are longer.

Some individuals have a wider skull, so they can bite harder, but that doesn't mean that they have locking jaws.

The Pit Bull Today Most experts agree that today's pit bull is a short - coated dog characterized by a wide skull, powerful jaws and a muscular, stocky body.