The bone is about 20 cm in length
2006-06-08 12:57:47 · 9 answers · asked by curlybyte 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
As SomeDude said, that's a deer.
See the high crowned teeth, folded in lamellar plates that look almost like leaves? Those are the cheek teeth (premolars and molars) of a cervid (member of the deer family).
The long gap between those teeth and the tip of the jaw is known as the diastema. There are no teeth in that section of the jaw. The incisor teeth that would be at the tip of the jaw appear to be missing, but they often fall out after death.
Here's a page from Montana State University that discusses how to determine the age of a white-tailed deer by examining the molars:
http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt200107.html
I'm not sure yours is a white-tailed deer, but I suspect that it might be.
2006-06-08 17:16:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 14⤊ 1⤋
Ah just paste 360.yahoo.com/curlybyte in your URL and I got there.
Looks like a collie's jaw bone.
2006-06-08 12:59:36 · answer #2 · answered by sshazzam 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK, the link is below.
And Some Dude has the answer: it's a deer. See the second link below.
Excatly what species of deer I couldn't tell you.
2006-06-08 13:19:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup...no way to get to your 360!
2006-06-08 13:01:45 · answer #4 · answered by WyattEarp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a deer. It certainly is not a carnivore.
2006-06-08 13:06:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
like
sshazzam
i cant either
2006-06-08 13:00:38 · answer #6 · answered by janetjj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dino
2006-06-08 16:49:09 · answer #7 · answered by bitu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure...
maybe a dog of some sort... ?
2006-06-08 13:01:56 · answer #8 · answered by jubiejubejubajube 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
proubably fox but I can't get to it either.............
2006-06-08 13:00:41 · answer #9 · answered by amber 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋