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Cat Skull?


Napoleon North

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It does not appear to be very old. Probably historic.

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It is very difficult to determine its size in the picture; there is a serious perspective problem with the location of the ruler.

I guestimate that it is just over 9 cm (3 1/2")?

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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Could be a bob cat by the size... something bigger in the cave may have eaten it!

No bobcats in Europe... Wild cat, yes, maybe.

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Going by the skull sutures, I'd say a young adult domestic cat (Felis catus), with left and right canines and third and fourth upper premolars (lightly worn). The alveoli for the tiny reduced first molar are present, but the teeth have fallen out, as have the premaxillae. Useful as a comparative specimen.

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