tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402479509486755319.post280456328623904126..comments2023-07-05T08:54:50.147+01:00Comments on The Disillusioned Taxonomist: Guess the skull...mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18088256714630497532noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402479509486755319.post-37189974508099822692009-11-05T09:19:19.937+00:002009-11-05T09:19:19.937+00:00I don't know mammal skulls at all, so here is ...I don't know mammal skulls at all, so here is a Shot in the Dark (a great Peter Sellers film) ..... is it a seal skull?Peter Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06288204811639220214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402479509486755319.post-89954894325569050552009-11-04T00:25:56.238+00:002009-11-04T00:25:56.238+00:00Hello Mo,
The teeth, incomplete zygomatic arch, l...Hello Mo,<br /><br />The teeth, incomplete zygomatic arch, looks like the afrothere <i>Tenrec ecaudatus</i>.J. Velez-Juarbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13939389115952799046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402479509486755319.post-20088331771093985312009-11-03T21:27:38.223+00:002009-11-03T21:27:38.223+00:00Nope, not a marmot! Not even close.
Yup, this spe...Nope, not a marmot! Not even close.<br /><br />Yup, this specimen is from Cambridge Zoology Museum, plenty of odd creatures there, including those from weird orders, like this fellow.mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18088256714630497532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402479509486755319.post-27906007363000565402009-11-03T18:08:42.667+00:002009-11-03T18:08:42.667+00:00Crap! CRAP! You took this at Cambridge, didn't...Crap! CRAP! You took this at Cambridge, didn't you? I know I saw that skull!<br /><br />ACK! It looks like it could be a xenarthran from the overall shape of the skull, but the dentition means it's most definately not! MARMOT! I'm going with marmot. Mainly because that word just popped into my head and it's fun to say.<br /><br />Marmot.Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08692080707969333711noreply@blogger.com