Does anyone know anything about animal skulls?
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i have see rodent skulls of many types, this seems to be something with a larger brain, rodents don't have the size and roundness of the hind skull.. this was a thinking preditoral animal, plus the rodents have there eye sockets to the very side.. these (which are missing) were in the front.. what is the actual measurement of it? plus it sems to have hair in the spinal part what color is it?
rodents of all sorts have sockets which are high in the top of the skull, you got me? very interesting ..:uhoh:
rodents of all sorts have sockets which are high in the top of the skull, you got me? very interesting ..:uhoh:
Siren
Mythological Creature
Brown, white and black hairs suggest a raccoon. Especially if the hair shaft itself is black, then brown, then white. Raccoons have gradient hairs. They change color as they go longer. Hairs closer to the body are darker. Solid white ones would be guard hairs, the longest type (seen in the photo on the chest and flanks).
Even a young one will have a rounded skull. Front facing eyes also.
photo from: http://www.loomcom.com/raccoons/gallery/jpegs/swampcoon.jpg
Even a young one will have a rounded skull. Front facing eyes also.
photo from: http://www.loomcom.com/raccoons/gallery/jpegs/swampcoon.jpg
I've been looking all over skulls unlimited (that was a great link equus, thx) and I don't see anything that looks like this. Based on those pics it's definitely not a cat, a raccoon, or a 'possum. It's not a mole or a skunk. It has *no* eye sockets that I can see. That's the part that has me stumped. I don't know the terminology but I'm pretty sure its complete other than the very end of the, uh, snout where the teeth would be, and the lower jaw. I'm going to take some more pics, I bleached it; it looks great btw. 
Thanks to everyone for checking it out; I had no idea I'd get so many responses! lol
Oh and I know *nothing* about skulls; what are those round spherical cavities on the underside? Anyone know?
Oh yeah and one more thing... Coler... EWWWWWW! :rofl:
Thanks to everyone for checking it out; I had no idea I'd get so many responses! lol
Oh and I know *nothing* about skulls; what are those round spherical cavities on the underside? Anyone know?
Oh yeah and one more thing... Coler... EWWWWWW! :rofl:
the round things on the bottom are the inner ear.
the two spurs on the side are part of the eye socket. carnivores don't have a complete one made of bone, and there's a ligament to finish off the circle (which is why if you feel around a dog or cat's eye, it feels hard all the way around, but if you look at their skull, there's a section that's not. Herbivores tend to have complete bony orbits, no ligament needed.
the two spurs on the side are part of the eye socket. carnivores don't have a complete one made of bone, and there's a ligament to finish off the circle (which is why if you feel around a dog or cat's eye, it feels hard all the way around, but if you look at their skull, there's a section that's not. Herbivores tend to have complete bony orbits, no ligament needed.
