What kind of an animal did this skull come from?

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   TheHoleStoryposted 8 years ago

   What kind of an animal did this skull come from?
   
   We recently found this little skull laying on the ground. It's size is comparable to the keys sitting next to it, and we would like to know what type of an animal it came from.
   
   

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   Buildrepsposted 8 years ago

   I cannot see its teeth clearly enough, but it could be a small dog.

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   jansharesposted 8 years ago

   I have no idea but I'll take a guess. Do you live near farms? It looks like a baby calf. (a cow)

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   possum loverposted 8 years ago

   I figure it may very well be a possum skull.

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   Jodahposted 8 years ago

   Could it be a rat, squirrel or other rodent, depending on your location. The teeth don't look like a dog.

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   tsmogposted 8 years ago

   
   
   More Clues . . . More Clues! A quick peek says W.Va. (By the way I lived in Guyandotte and Huntington '66 - '69). A fun search seeking an answer. Too big for a mouse or rat. Too small for a cat (Round skull) or dog (elongated, different eyes, and canine teeth). That leaves the between varmints - opossum, racoon, and skunk.
   
   Clues would be the canine teeth, the eyes, the nose, and the shape of skull. For opossum the canine teeth would be very near the front so maybe. But, the shape of the skull is rounded. This character has a somewhat ridge in the skull center so a no go.
   
   What of the racoon? Quite possibly. A clue we cannot see easily is the canine teeth for those critters is quite large. So large that there is an oblong rise at that point extending further into the jaw. I don't see that. Therefore I rule this out.
   
   The skunk? It does have an oblong skull. It's eyes are about right with placement, size, and shape. The nose for sure offers a clue. The canine teeth would be near where they are missing. The front teeth make sense too. Mostly likely a stripped skunk because the spotted skull is a little more oblong with less height.

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      possum loverposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Tim, I like the idea of your suggestion of this little skull coming from a possum.

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   Shorebirdieposted 8 years ago

   It could be a young possum, but I can't really determine if it is from this small photo.

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   Sgt Prepperposted 8 years ago

   A game warden in Wisconsin told me over ten-percent of coyotes are "coy-dogs(half-dog)" and over ten-percent of the snowballing wolf population is part-dog.  He said the wild-dog population is out of control and MANY of them are pit-bulls.  So I am guessing a pup of some of the canine mixture.

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      Sgt Prepperposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      It is from a wolverine.

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   indra hidayatposted 8 years ago

   it seems like a cow, perhaps a buffalo.
   i cannot see very clearly.

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      Buildrepsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      I thought that first too, but then I saw the keys TheHoleStory put just next to it

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    DaveOnlineposted 8 years ago

    It looks like it could be the skull of a sheep.

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