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	(and a Yangtze gator tooth)
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	Notice the size difference between the P4s of the clouded leopard and the tiger (right beneath the clouded leopard). 
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	<a href='https://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/65114-smaller-felids-from-the-ailuropoda-stegodon-fauna/' title='Smaller felids from the Ailuropoda - Stegodon fauna'><img src='https://media.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2025_09/large.DSC_2105.jpg.c8a22db57a497187f33ad5b671b1ed19.jpg' title="Smaller felids from the Ailuropoda - Stegodon fauna" alt="Smaller felids from the Ailuropoda - Stegodon fauna"></a>
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	<a href='https://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/65083-orangutan-teeth/' title='Orangutan teeth'><img src='https://media.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2025_09/large.DSC_2104.jpg.433a84577ab95acc0b4012961dc17e12.jpg' title="Orangutan teeth" alt="Orangutan teeth"></a>
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	Perhaps the biggest rodentia members from this fauna, including <em>Hystrix refossa</em>, the giant porcupine. 
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	These things live in caves and often feed off of animal remains, making the already difficult-for-preservation limestone cave even harder for fossilization. However, we get a bunch of porcupine teeth as well. 
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	Just like other animals, these too primarily consist of singular teeth, therefore making it very hard to describe new species. The fact that porcupine teeth look completely different once worn doesn't help at all. Right now, almost all of the <em>Hystrix</em> species from this fauna are wastebucket taxons.
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	<a href='https://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/65075-porcupine-teeth/' title='Porcupine teeth'><img src='https://media.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2025_09/large.DSC_2102.jpg.e6f8c2cc928a30be600181c8b290a90b.jpg' title="Porcupine teeth" alt="Porcupine teeth"></a>
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Viverrid members are rarely seen in this fauna, but here we are, adding these to the collection
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	<a href='https://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/65058-binturong-teeth/' title='Binturong teeth'><img src='https://media.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2025_09/large.DSC_2106.jpg.78acf05852dfa2e4e02c761b9603b333.jpg' title="Binturong teeth" alt="Binturong teeth"></a>
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	Here we go again — another update on the collection!
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	<strong>Species represented so far:</strong>
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			<strong>Cats</strong> – tiger, clouded leopard, Asian golden cat
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			<strong>Proboscideans</strong> – <em>Stegodon</em> and Asian elephant
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			<strong>Primates</strong> – macaques and orangutans
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			<strong>Reptiles</strong> – a Yangtze alligator and a turtle shell (not pictured; reptiles are extremely rare in this fauna)
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			<strong>Bears</strong> – sun bear, giant panda, Asian black bear
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			<strong>Chiroptera</strong> – even a bat mandible!
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			<strong>Ungulates</strong> – deer, rhinos, tapirs, pigs, etc.
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			<strong>Rodents</strong> – including extinct giant porcupines
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			<strong>Caniforms</strong> – red fox, dhole, binturong
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	<a href='https://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/65046-chinese-cave-mammal-collection-as-of-9225/' title='Chinese Cave Mammal Collection as of 9/2/25'><img src='https://media.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2025_09/large.20b479b3d64b495029baeeb1926916ed.png.977a54bbcf03eb2bbc14e925699359b7.png' title="Chinese Cave Mammal Collection as of 9/2/25" alt="Chinese Cave Mammal Collection as of 9/2/25"></a>
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Pleistocene bat mandible, though not sure what family this specimen belonged to
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	<a href='https://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/65002-bat-mandible/' title='Bat mandible'><img src='https://media.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2025_09/large.DSC_2107.jpg.1b31f52fac419c8486ec4ede7cc89593.jpg' title="Bat mandible" alt="Bat mandible"></a>
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Two species from the same age that would never meet 
Meaningless comparison but still cool <abbr title="In My Opinion">imo</abbr>
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	<a href='https://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/64987-panda-m1-dire-wolf-m1/' title='Panda M1 &amp; Dire wolf M1'><img src='https://media.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2025_08/large.DSC_2921.JPG.f10f67051cfd947b5363fa6dcbe8a0a1.JPG' title="Panda M1 &amp; Dire wolf M1" alt="Panda M1 &amp; Dire wolf M1"></a>
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	Only got these two teeth left for my orangutan collection: a canine and a molar (M1 I think). Not too interested in primates anyways. 
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	Awesome mineralizations though.
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	<a href='https://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/64905-orangutan-teeth/' title='Orangutan teeth'><img src='https://media.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2025_08/large.DSC_2104.jpg.cb1dea483f8e0f9343226042d6257b6a.jpg' title="Orangutan teeth" alt="Orangutan teeth"></a>
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	My current collection of cheek teeth from the Asiatic cave spotted hyenas and dholes, the two secondary predators in this fauna. 
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	Funny how all of them combined cannot outmatch the number of tiger (the apex predator here) teeth I have, just to show the strange amount of apex predators in this fauna. 
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	<a href='https://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/64825-asiatic-cave-spotted-hyenas-and-dholes/' title='Asiatic cave spotted hyenas and dholes'><img src='https://media.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2025_08/large.DSC_2101.jpg.b027c3964f00b4e453ff98925f6c874f.jpg' title="Asiatic cave spotted hyenas and dholes" alt="Asiatic cave spotted hyenas and dholes"></a>
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3.5 cm vs. 1.6 cm
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	<a href='https://www.thefossilforum.com/gallery/image/64817-p4-comparison-btwn-panthera-tigris-and-neofelis-nebulosa/' title='P4 comparison btwn Panthera tigris and Neofelis nebulosa'><img src='https://media.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2025_08/large.DSC_2060.jpg.a524a669eb5a1e46b1fa3e9274cfc619.jpg' title="P4 comparison btwn Panthera tigris and Neofelis nebulosa" alt="P4 comparison btwn Panthera tigris and Neofelis nebulosa"></a>
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