Found in a Dead Tree

[paulo57509]

My brother's friend was clearing out some dead trees in Massachusetts and found this mummified creature in a stump.

 

[JHZR2]

Wow, neat. What is it? At first Id say some kind of dog, but those teeth are huge for the size of it. Maybe that's mummification for you? Where in the stump was it? How was it in there?

 

[Quattro Pete]

Chupacabra?

 

[tom slick]

Lookin' at them chompers I'd guess opossum...But I like the chupacabra guess better

 

[JHZR2]

http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=IHUr...p;q&f=false The extinct dogs of North America By Edward Drinker Cope (1907) -------------- http://fingerlakesfossilfarm.org/mammal_fossils.htm ------------- http://www.raccoonworld.com/raccoonskeleton.html

 

[JHZR2]

opossum: teeth seem different. Lots of skuls here though: http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/acad...ulls-and-teeth/

 

[Gene K]

Racoon

 

[daves87rs]

Wow!

 

[Scorch]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete

Chupacabra?

THIS!

 

[Shannow]

 

[Challenger71]

That looks a lot like the U.S. economy

 

[demarpaint]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete

Chupacabra?

LOL wasn't it found a bit too far north?

 

[JHZR2]

The tooth structure and type behind the big fangs/canine incisor teeth dont match up well to most of these, IMO.

 

[Nick R]

Originally Posted By: Challenger71

That looks a lot like the U.S. economy

3 points.

 

[PandaBear]

looks like a racoon

 

[JHZR2]

I think based upon the lower jaw structure at the pivot point to the head, you would be right. Havent looked at any large cat skulls though.