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Dogs vary far more in body size and shape than domestic cats do.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that dogs vary far more in body size and shape than domestic cats do?

Unclear. Two peer-reviewed items partially support the claim: one reports that dogs have significantly larger and more variable frontal sinus morphology than cats, and another shows domestic dogs vary widely in body mass and limb bone morphology. Neither item directly compares the overall range of body size and shape variation between dogs and cats.

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Frontal Sinus Morphology in Domestic Cats and Dogs: Associations with Body Size, Age, and Skull Conformation
2026
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YALIN, E. E., SZARA, T., ALTUNDAĞ, Y., GÜZEL, B. C., BONECKA, J., & GÜNDEMİR, O. (2026). Frontal Sinus Morphology in Domestic Cats and Dogs: Associations with Body Size, Age, and Skull Conformation. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.5152/actavet.2026.26010

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Leveraging functional morphology to increase accuracy of body mass estimation: A study using canids
2025
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Sierra, L. (2025). Leveraging functional morphology to increase accuracy of body mass estimation: A study using canids. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14361342

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