Certain morphometrical studies of the facial bones in one humped Indian camel (Camelus dromedarius)

The present study was conducted on certain morphometric parameters of most of the facial bones of 6 adult one humped Indian camel (Camelus dromedarius) without any apparent skeletal disorders. The mean values of skull length, viscero-cranial length, maximum zygomatic width and facial index were 54.10 cm, 25.22 cm, 28.12 cm and 111.52 cm, respectively. The inter-orbital width was longer than the inter-canthi distance while the orbital horizontal and vertical diameters were approximately similar, i.e. the orbits were round and located on a fronto-lateral oblique plane.