Small Animal Skull Identification Chart. Skull relatively small and compact (greatest length: (the enamel of the tips of their teeth is reddish due to iron pigment.
The shrew in our area is trowbridge’s shrew. Animals can sometimes be identified by their skeletal remains. Mandibular rami should be superimposed.
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Rodent and lagomorph skulls are easy to recognise by their twolarge incisors, top and bottom, separated from the cheekteeth by a large diastema. We have put together a brief online guide of animal skulls from around the world which you will find below. Upper rim of eye socket is rounded, does not have a pointed edge. The nose to the base of the skull.