Alright guys, inspired by the previous Bobcat? skull thread. While mushroom hunting this weekend my Fiance and I came across a skull with the jaws still hinged. We were thinking opossum? Help me out guys! Please =)
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k483/cabeman36/Trailcam14-24-11002.jpg)
Darn sorry guys this picture is too big I tried resizing it through photobucket.. what is the website of the imagelinkey thing I have used before instead of using photobucket?
Id say maybe a fox. Hard to tell the length, need a profile pic. Not sure as to possum, dont have them around here.
I think fox also. The canines are pretty large to be a cat.
Its the large eyesockets that throw me off though.
James
Coon. Just guessing tho.
It's a raccoon! I have a couple on a picnic table at my farm!
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!
Joe
yote.
coyote maybe. That's my guess
Coon, I have a bunch of em.
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k483/cabeman36/Trailcam14-24-11003.jpg)
Racoon IMO Seen a bunch of those skulls.
Masked bandit
I'm going to also throw coon in the hat. I've seen them stewed whole with the skull (but the eye sockets do look big).
I too would say coon. I have one on my mantel that my boys found on their first hunting trip. Nice little trophy.
Raccoon, but since everyone else stole my answer my second guess is Big Foot :readit:
Looks like a Grinner to me.
I take my first reply back! lol
I didn't look at the 2nd pic before I posted..
Coon like the others said.
Definitely a Raccoon. The snout on a Raccoon is much shorter and more blunt than Red & Gray Fox and Coyote. Nice find. Love skulls. I got a River Otter the other day.
Apparently I'm late as well but I agree that its a coon.
I just skinned and cleaned one with a colony of dermestid beetles I have. I found him dead on the highway and there is no doubt in my mind that is a BADGER skull. Badger skulls naturally stay hinged after the removal of flesh, tendons and ligaments unlike Raccoons, Opposums etc.
Open the jaw and look at the back molars on top, they are large. In addition, the bottom jaw is fused together well unlike a lot of other furbearers whose bottom jaw splits easily.
At first I thought it was the elusive chupacabra, but the snout is too short! ;) So, I'm leaning towards the badger as well...
dental formula are very helpful in identifying skulls and are inclueded in many mammal field guides.
All of the animals listed above can be distiguished by a different set of teeth. Count 'em and you'll know what it is.
Racoon: i3/3, c1/1, p4/4, m2/2 total=40
Badger: i3/3, c1/1, p3/3, m 1/2 total=34
canine: i3/3, c1/1, p4/4, m2/3 total=42
Ted
Badger
JIMMY HOFFA!
Racoon
Coon not enough incisor teeth for a possum
Too much brain cavity for a 'possum. They have pea brains.
I will call him Caleb.
It is a name I have always admired.
Do you like that? Caleb?
God Bless,
Nathan
Ha bornagain I do like that.. brain cavity size seems about right dont ya think?
(http://www.adirondackreflections.com/images/badgerskbg.jpg)
Badger looks like the winner.
Ha!! this gets better all the time. I did not think about your name being Caleb... I was only thinking about a line from a movie. The best movie made imo. Do you know what it is?
Raccoon
I was going to say Sam... but then bornagainbowhunter named him before I did!
Caleb Andes, you cracked me up! LOL
Chupakab... Cuoopa... Chewpacabr...
Raccoon.
(http://www.skeptiseum.org/images/exh/chupacabra.jpg)
Coon, looks almost like a miniaturized bear.
QuoteOriginally posted by bornagainbowhunter:
Ha!! this gets better all the time. I did not think about your name being Caleb... I was only thinking about a line from a movie. The best movie made imo. Do you know what it is?
jeremiah johnson???
I say coon. Just my guess
"Name This Skull" Leonard
It's either a skunk or badger, looks too small for a raccoon, wrong brain cavity for a grinner, not slim and pointed enough for a fox, too small for a coyote.
bornagain I don't know the movie you speak of.. dare I ask? ha
ITS THE CHUPA CABRA!!
Chupa Cabra? Does that mean democrat?
That there is a Wampus Cat!
QuoteOriginally posted by Matty:
JIMMY HOFFA!
LOL!! :clapper:
Coon, I've skinned and bleached dozens of them.
Or Democrat, both thick skull, small brain. HA!!!! just kiddin'! All fun intended.
No skunk in this world is that big.
The movie is Jeremiah Johnson. Don S "seen it right off".
I love that movie...
God Bless,
Nathan
the big eyes give it away...raccoon.
Looks like a cooner to me!
My guess would be either coon or badger.fox n coyote have a longer more narrow snout.
coon!
Badger, got one in the freezer right now, just mounted him, Todd
Well for all the badger suggestions out there I live in south east Iowa and have a crap ton of raccoon pics on my trail cams sooooooooo.... id guess those who said chupa cabra are right
I may have to change my original answer to badger.
His skull
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k483/cabeman36/Trailcam14-24-11003.jpg)
Badger
(http://www.adirondackreflections.com/images/badgerskbg.jpg)
And a badger skull is triangular when looking down on it.
Nope, not a badger. That's a raccoon skull. There are several distinct difference between the two skulls in the above pictures. The most sure way would be to have some measurements and give us a look at the teeth.
Here's a coon skull: (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/224/490424505_a86c782888.jpg)
Take a close look at the top of the hinge of the lower jaw.