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domestic goat skull

Capra aegagrus hircus

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Notes:

Someone had hung this skull on a stick along an old abandoned railroad track. Is this a deer skull? There's a farm nearby where they slaughter cows, pigs etc, so this could be something from there.

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Comments (3)
EmilyMarino
No problem! It's always fun trying to figure it out! I always seem to learn something along the way too!
Tom15
Thanks Emily. This had to have come from the nearby farm.
EmilyMarino
Hi Tom! Creepy find! ;) It's not a deer. It's lacking the preorbital vacuity (sinus opening in front of the eyes) Not a pig, not a horse... I am leaning toward a species of bovidea. Possibly a domestic female goat of some kind?

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Identifying Animals Through Osteology
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