Animal Skull Identification
Observing animal skulls can tell us a lot about how the animals lived, fed and sensed the world around him. What can YOU tell from skulls?
Eating Habits- TEETH!
Herbivore
Eastern Chipmunk
Carnivore
Red Fox
Insectivore
Silver Haired Bat
Omnivore
Bear
Sight ability- EYE SOCKETS!
Fabulous sight
Great Horned Owl
Poor eyesight
Least Shrew
Predator
Gray Fox
Prey
White-tailed Deer
Smell- NASAL PASSAGES!
Fabulous smell
Coyotes
Poor smell
Baltimore Oriole
Cougar
Hearing- AUDITORY BULLAE!
Very acute hearing
Bobcat
Poor hearing
White Tailed Deer
Take a look at the following skulls and complete the table on the handout given to you.
See if you can come up with a basic description of the characteristics of the animal belonging to each group!
Raccoon
Black Bear
Coyote
Moose
Wolf
Eastern Gray Squirrel
White Tailed Deer
Fisher
Woodchuck
Eastern Cottontail
Human