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BuckyT
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Looks like a Grinner to me.
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I take my first reply back! lol

I didn't look at the 2nd pic before I posted..

Coon like the others said.
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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.

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Apparently I'm late as well but I agree that its a coon.

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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.
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At first I thought it was the elusive chupacabra, but the snout is too short! [Wink] So, I'm leaning towards the badger as well...

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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

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JIMMY HOFFA!
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Racoon

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Coon not enough incisor teeth for a possum
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Too much brain cavity for a 'possum. They have pea brains.

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I will call him Caleb.

It is a name I have always admired.

Do you like that? Caleb?


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Ha bornagain I do like that.. brain cavity size seems about right dont ya think?

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Badger looks like the winner.

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