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found this in my front yard.. any idea what animal it is from?
My first impression of the first and last photos is that it looks like a cat skull, but the other photos I don't recognise. Pity there is no mandible, as teeth hold a lot of clues. Cool spotting, Sissy :)
Yes Jellis, it sure looks as though it has been sunbaked for a very long time. Thank you !
Still strange you look up skulls you will see prominent eye sockets. This looks sunbaked and worn from age. If I were you I would post this on the site I suggested. The missing bone might have showed part of the eye sockets
Brian38 it does look similar. But what I don't understand is, I am in the middle of the desert. So I find it a bit odd that it would just be laying in my front yard.
( i only just moved here 5 months ago, and honestly, I did see it lying under the bushes, but I never went to see what it was until the day I made this post.)
Jellis I have posted a couple other views of the skull. you will see that no sockets remain.
A very intriguing skull. I'm leaning toward the North American river otter. Look at Wikipedia's skull images (especially the bottom one). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Amer...
No eye sockets then it can't be a skull. Try this facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=s...
A friend suggested that too but, I live in Lancaster CA. I'm pretty sure that we don't have wild boar here.
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Spotted on May 3, 2018
Submitted on May 3, 2018
