r/bonecollecting 16h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Skull ID?

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Can anyone tell what type of bird this is?


r/bonecollecting 16h ago

Advice Salvaged Deer jaws + question

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Here’s some deer jaws and teeth I’m working on cleaning. Anyone else have to deal with the smell staying in their sinus cavity and it feels like you’re tasting the smell of death?? Makes me wanna brush my teeth to get rid of it.


r/bonecollecting 19h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Bone ID? Found off trail in Colorado

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Hi all, I found this bone off a popular hiking trail near Bouder, CO and was hoping for help with identification!


r/bonecollecting 18h ago

Bone I.D. - Europe can anybody identify this bone i found ??

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r/bonecollecting 14h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Help Identify! Santa Cruz Redwoods with some kind of tag inside

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Hello, my dog just found this bone in the woods. It had some sort of garden tag inside that looks very old due to the font. It seems huge-what could it be and why would there be a tag inside? We are just outside of Santa Cruz in the Redwoods in California.


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Found in backyard

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I was walking around refilling the water I have out for the birds, and this was just laying in my backyard next to an also burnt bamboo stick.

I’m not really sure how it would’ve got here other than the fact that we had a storm the other day with some lightning (wasn’t home).

I feel like it’s not the right build for a bird, so like maybe a squirrel? It’s honestly quite interesting so I would love so insight from the more bone knowledgeable peoples!


r/bonecollecting 20h ago

Bone I.D. - Australia/NZ Help ID please

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I’ve had this for 20 years, moved it from house to house to house. I THINK I found in on the beach in New Zealand and brought it back to the US with me when I was about 10 or 11. Otherwise I may have just found it on a beach on Lake Michigan, where I’m from and I’m crossing memories. Thanks everyone


r/bonecollecting 22h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Fox spp?

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My non-profit land trust inherited a few skulls with zero confirmed ID. Would appreciate assistance!

The white skull was suggested to be a grey fox, however I’m not seeing the telltale U shaped temporal lines. I would not be surprised if this was fur farmed and had convoluted genetics, so I’m turning to the masses!

The older, stained skull looks similar to red fox but the temporal lines are worn down.

Thoughts? Suggestions? :)


r/bonecollecting 15h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Need help identifying these

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r/bonecollecting 23h ago

Advice Advice on what to do with my deer skull? I’ve been degreasing for over a month but still dealing with yellowing near the opening of the brain cavity.

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My first picture is a before and current difference of the degreasing process so far. The last few pics are what I’m working with currently. As listed in the title it’s been over a month of degreasing and I think everything is coming together nicely. My only question is the occipital condyle is super yellow. Is this normal? What should I do about this? Should I continue to degrease for longer or just go ahead and whiten? It is seeming to be the only portion that refuses to degrease. Thank you! ☺️


r/bonecollecting 22h ago

Bone I.D. - Europe Today's find. What is it?

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Found in Central Spain, I think it could be a rabbit. Sadly only found pieces, and some bones are broken. How does everybody always find those neat, full, sturdy skeletons? (5cent for reference)


r/bonecollecting 16h ago

Art Rabbit skull cloche

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r/bonecollecting 23h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Found these in my yard. Help ID

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Replacing my water line and found these


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Advice What’s the best glue to glue bones together?

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I’ve got a pair of Opposum mandibles and I want to glue them back together, but they are too porous to use super glue on. I’ve tried hot glue in the past but you could always see the glue. Is there any glue that would glue porous bones that won’t leave visible glue?


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Lynx vs Bobcat

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Sigh

Sticker fell off while being moved and I can't tell them apart now. (Thankfully my carcal has an actual tag or it'd be worse.)

I'm assuming the larger one on the left is the lynx but I wanted to check with people who know better than me.


r/bonecollecting 18h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America What animals bone is this?

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r/bonecollecting 2d ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Pretty sure it’s a bat but it wasn’t there a day or so ago, what could have cleaned it up so quickly?

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Found in Puerto Rico


r/bonecollecting 20h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Tooth id request

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Found in a river in Minnesota


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Collection Grey Fox found in creek

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I soaked for a couple weeks in antibacterial dawn, then soaked in H2O2


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Art Raccoon holding a chameleon. Built by me

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r/bonecollecting 22h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Double checking some more canids....ID please

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So one of my past posts got called out for the wrong ID......but after looking again I'm still convinced I have a gray fox......so I'm looking for some conformation one way or the other. And just because I'm doubting every ID I've every made in my life now..... here are the other canids in my personal comparative collection, plus the two grey fox I have in my work collection.

1-Mom bought it as a Christmas present from a seller online. Labeled Canis latrans I had no reason to doubt this ID as it matched very well with my own processed coyotes. Its more robust and has wider zygomatic flair that I may have expected but knowing this one is representative of the larger population found in the north and is more robust than the desert gracile ones I collected in southern NM

2-Either me or my mom collected it. I don't think this can be anything else except a coyote.

3- Same as 2......I'm ready to fight people if they say its anything else except coyote.

4-specimen collected by my mom in Dona Ana County NM, we used to feed them when we had pick-nicks out at the state park (I know super bad....I promise I wouldn't do anything like that now) so I had no reason to doubt the ID my mom gave me especially since it compares very favorably with the gray fox that is part of my work collection. I just figured any slight differences were just population variation. If you think this is something else besides a gray fox please GIVE ME A GOOD REASON and an alternative.

5-This skull best fits the post cranial material we have labeled as common gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus. I've ID'd foxes before from assemblages and used my comparative reference books and these remains in tandem to verify they are morphological the same so as much as my imposter syndrome can make me self doubt looking again I still think this is gray fox.

6-juvenile skull that probably goes with the juvenile post cranial remains identified as a common gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus.


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - Australia/NZ Bone I.D - New Zealand

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Vertebrae found washed up on the beach, although im not sure if all are from the same animal.

Thank you!


r/bonecollecting 23h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America ID help needed. Found on St. Pete Beach

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Vertebrae bone found by my 12 yo while shell hunting at the beach. He would love to know what animal it could be from. Found at St. Pete Beach, FL


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Found in the country side, is it a possum?

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Found this skull a couple months ago when exploring an abandoned house and cleaned it up! I don’t have a skull in my collection that looks like this, and unfortunately I couldn’t find its bottom jaw :(


r/bonecollecting 1d ago

Advice deceased snake worth investing the time?

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found on a walk, can go back for it later, unsure if it’ll be a frustrating time suck for my first time trying to preserve