Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History

Utility of postcanine dental dimensions for body size estimation in Mustela (Carnivora)

Abstract Mustela , one of the most species‐rich and widespread genera of Carnivora, has a 4‐million‐year fossil record that mainly comprises permanent teeth, of which postcanines (premolars and molars) are most useful for taxonomic identification. To evaluate the utility of a sim...