i.d. this jaw bone

[KentuckyWolf]

Virgina Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), dental formula matches. And opossum are the only mammals running around those parts with that many teeth in their head.

[Deadbolt]

Looks like a fox I just put together...if I had to bet my money thats what I would say.  I'll look harder after the two fox in my beetle tank are clean in the morningl

Its not a possum the tooth structure is off.  Unless it was very far from developing.

[adkmountainken]

you would be AMAZED at the amount of bones and skulls scattered in that little patch of woods. i think it is to big for a weasel and to long and rounded. from all the teeth still intact i would think that it was young.

[Chris Shelton]

I am the local possum expert around here   , I think it is a fox, looks to be about the same size too, they are small critters.  But it is really hard to tell without the top half?

www.skullsite.co.uk/Fox/fox.htm

[JEFF B]

wild guess a skunk?

[the force]

Id say its a skunk there heads arent very big under all that fur

[ron w]

It's the last guy that went hunt'n with Adkken!!!  

[blazelefty7]

racoon

[The Hawk]

Saw this on CSI Arkansas. Place in pan of water and bring to a slow boil. Then taste the broth and see what it is.

[KentuckyWolf]

Opossum dental formula. Upper: 5.1.3.4, lower: 4.1.3.4

It's an opossum. Check the lower jaw dental formula. 4 incisors per side, 1 canine per side, 3 premolars per side and four molars per side.

Opossums have 50 teeth in their head (as they are fairly primitive...marsupials) ...most mammals (eutherians..placental mammals) have 44 max (many have less).

[Ike 403]

Maybe...just maybe...it's the jawbone of a tiny donkey which a tiny Samson used to kill an entire tiny Philistine army....or not.   :rolleyes:    

[Killdeer]

Ooh, that's GOOD!
   

Killdeer~ I haven't the foggiest notion. Sure looks small, next to that nock.

[RunninWild77]

could it be a young marten?