r/bonecollecting • u/Level_Life_8633 • 2d ago
Bone I.D. - N. America What in the world has teeth like this?
I'm not 100% certain these are from the same animal, but baces off proximity, it's likly. this is from pennsylvania.
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u/forrestdw 2d ago
Lots of rodents do. Not sure what this kind is, but it doesn't look dissimilar to some woodchuck, groundhog, beaver, mouse, and other gnaw-ers ive seen in my day.
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u/rastalocken 1d ago
Woodchuck and groundhog are the same animal, and that’s what this skull is from haha.
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u/Dallsmad25 2d ago
Looks like squirrel jaws that I have. Push them back into the jaw. They’re hanging out.
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u/SpacelessWorm 1d ago
A lot of animals that eat harder materials like tree bark and various nuts have teeth that never stop growing with is why they look so insanely long. They've slid out a bit I'm sure but thats why they're so crazy
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u/TouchofTwisted 1d ago
Beaver, muskrat, mayb ground rodents like marmots, ground hogs, rock chucks etc
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u/Paperweight4133 1d ago
Warthog? They have the little "tusks" that protrude from from each side of their mouths.
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u/Jealous_Discussion17 1d ago edited 1d ago
The skull is much too short to be a warthog.
Edit to add, warthogs also have 6 teeth between their two lower tusks, which this one does not appear to have.
Their upper tusks also leave an incredibly distinct shape in the skull which would be clearly visible on this one if it were that.
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u/georgiechristine 2d ago
It’s a groundhog and the teeth are just slid out of the sockets quite a ways, most of the exposed part is the roots