[NatureNS] skull of something

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Hi Angela;  I'd like to look at the pictures.  I might be able to identify
the skull. Thanks

Billy> Good evening.I was trying to think of a witty title, but I'm too
> tired!About a week ago, my dog went running off the trail in a spot that
> he usually goes running and barking off the trail. A few days before that
> he had treed a raccoon, so I assumed that was what he was up to again. A
> minute later he came out of the trees with a skull ( animal of some sort )
> in his mouth. I caught a glimpse of the fur and thought it was the
> raccoon. ( It had been there for a few days, picked clean, no brains, but
> fur and nose still there. The front and face mostly. )Then I saw the nose,
> it was definitely not a raccoon. I though maybe a rabbit as the neighbors
> have some loose around the woods. But the ears didn't fit. I actually
> thought for a second &quot; OMG. There is such thing as a
> jackalope.&quot;All this took about 10 seconds to run through my mind as
> the dog came towards me with his prize. I got it from him and am now
> really quite perplexed as to what it could be. It is definitely cat like.
> But the long teeth- canines on a dog- are just under an inch long. The
> part of the of the skull that's left is about 3 inches. Not a fox and
> anything dog like.I took many pictures with a tape measure and still have
> the skull in a baggie in the shed. When I went to get my camera I thought
> it set it out of reach of my dog, but he managed to get a few more chomps
> on it before I got out again. I couldn't find any other parts or carcass
> around the field or the trees where it was.I checked ermine/ weasel and
> it's bigger than that but smaller than a cat. Although I suppose it could
> have been a big house cat, but the teeth... I was thinking maybe a pine
> marten but the coloring doesn't seem to match. It's the teeth that I can't
> quite place.Let me know if you want some pics sent your way. I have most
> of the neighborhood involved now!ThanksAngela in
> Windsoraljoudrey@eastlink.ca
> When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the
> rest of the world.
> John Muir
>
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