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Photo by JeanneRewa
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Field Notes

Description:

Partial skull with large incisors and tufts of gray fur found in lawn in area with lots of nut trees (but not forest) in Northern California. About 1.5-2 inches front to back.

Habitat:

Lawn at rural/urban edge near scattered trees and nut groves.

Species ID Suggestions

Botta's Pocket Gopher

Thomomys bottae
GeoffreyPalmer
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Comments (1)
GeoffreyPalmer
Neat find! This looks like a pocket gopher skull to me and I also think all of the gray matted fur indicates that this skull was part of an owl pellet. Very cool.

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Identifying Animals Through Osteology

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PublishedMarch 9, 2014

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