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10-26-2016, 03:04 PM
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Help Identifying Animal Skull
Found this out in Bob Creek Wildland a few weeks ago. There were a couple other small animal skulls, as well as some trash bags and styrofoam meat trays. This was a good 1.5 hour hike from the parking lot - although with ATV trails just a short drive. Looks like a house cat to me, but I'm not sure.
Last edited by Boundless_84; 10-26-2016 at 03:34 PM.
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10-26-2016, 03:08 PM
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Looks like a small Canine, cat skulls are a lot shorter in the snout and the back of the skull. Do you have a side view? That picture is a bit deceiving.
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10-26-2016, 03:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Boundless_84
Found this out in Bob Creek Wildland a few weeks ago. There were a couple other small animal skulls, as well as some trash bags and styrofoam meat trays. Looks like a house cat to me, but I'm not sure.
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Looks like cat, makes sense if near trash/ dumping area.
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10-26-2016, 03:40 PM
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Are the pre-molars turned sideways? Mustelids (weasel family)
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10-26-2016, 03:58 PM
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It might be a K9 skull of some sort. Do you have more photos?
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10-26-2016, 05:03 PM
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I say cat ..looks extremely similar to this which is cat skull
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10-26-2016, 05:19 PM
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Lynx
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10-26-2016, 05:33 PM
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My guess is Lynx.
Hard to tell the size, but it looks larger then pine martin or fisher.. Also kind of flat on top so another reason I guess lynx.
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10-26-2016, 05:43 PM
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Yup, defiantly a feline.
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10-26-2016, 06:09 PM
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Almost certain that's a house cat.
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10-26-2016, 06:34 PM
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Skull
It's a bit hard to tell but the teeth look too big for a house cat?
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10-26-2016, 07:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skoaltender
Almost certain that's a house cat.
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I would agree.
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10-26-2016, 09:00 PM
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Here is a large and a small lynx skull for comparison.
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10-27-2016, 04:47 PM
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probably a fisher by it's size.
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10-28-2016, 07:25 AM
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Thanks for the replies. I'll try and upload a couple more photos this evening after work.
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10-28-2016, 08:27 AM
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What about coon skull?
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