#i'm reminded of that post about how most pictures of 'wolf' skulls from the front are actually raccoon skulls

[shadybug]

while cool, these are definitely not bat fangs! bat teeth come in a variety of shapes, but none of them look like this.

i see a few people in the notes calling these dog teeth. the incisors look too blunt to be a canid to me, but it looks very similar to my raccoon skull!

the canines and outer incisors do look different. that could be due to individual variation within the species, but it's also possible this isn't a raccoon, just a related species. a lot of other musteloids have similar teeth!

(and yes, raccoons are musteloids - the superfamily musteloidea includes mustelids, but also raccoons, red pandas, and skunks! musteloid and mustelid just have confusingly similar names)

Antique Watch Fob with Bat Fangs

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