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Photo by WillowVanAs
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Species ID Suggestions

Wild Boar

Sus scrofa
GeoffreyPalmer
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Comments (2)
jonrkenn
The crania is a wild boar/pig (Sus scrofa) as already noted. The mandible is not a match and appears to belong to a either a cervid (deers and friends) or possibly a bovid (cows). Post another pic of the mandible showing top and interior of teeth?
EmilyMarino
It's small, but it appears to be a wild board skull! excellent specimen!

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Identifying Animals Through Osteology
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PublishedAugust 15, 2014

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