Help identifying skeleton

DaiS · #1 (**permalink**) 01-01-2011, 07:30 PM

This is a skeleton found 100 yards from my house which is surrounded by farmland and woodland. Any ideas? I am assuming rats have taken what they fancied.

Yashca · #2 (**permalink**) 01-01-2011, 07:44 PM

From the picture of the jawbone and teeth, I'd say fox. Those 'pronged' teeth are very much like the teeth in the fox skull I own. How big was the skeleton?

DaiS · #3 (**permalink**) 01-01-2011, 07:48 PM

I have put a lighter in the picture of the skull for perspective.

mammalrecorder · #4 (**permalink**) 05-01-2011, 02:54 PM

Hi Dai

This is a fox skeleton. The bone in picture 1 is the partial right lower jaw bone, probabaly from a young dox fox or vien as it appears quite small. Pity that the skull is missing.

Andy

ViperaBerus · #5 (**permalink**) 05-01-2011, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by mammalrecorder

Hi Dai

This is a fox skeleton. The bone in picture 1 is the partial right lower jaw bone, probabaly from a young dox fox or vien as it appears quite small. Pity that the skull is missing.

Andy

I agree with you Andy.