#mustelid skull

[pacificremains]

Second wee American badger skull. RIP baby.

[beardless-bearded-vulture]

Finished cleaning this male beech marten skull, sourced from roadkill

[hiddenstashart]

the saggital crest is a bony structure on the top and back of the skull of some carnivorous mammals, where the temporalis muscle (one of the main muscles responsible for chewing) attaches to the sides of the skull.

generally the larger the crest is, the larger the mastication muscle of the animal to which it belongs.

the illustration above is the skull of a fisher - a member of the mustelid family, along with weasels, otters, wolverines etc.

photo credit for the second pic is attributed to Douglas H. Domedion via Wikipedia

[chupacabracrafts]

Ferret taxidermy in progress. I carved and sculped the head using measurments and a tracing of his (still meat covered) skull

[dead-dogs-still-fetch]

Finally Home! Backyard Photoshoot

I am finally home for the summer! Decided to take this fella back with me in order to get some nice outdoor photos. Be prepared to see a lot more of my collection photos.

[shadyufo]

Mink vs Ermine

[taski-guru]

Grimslade Ashenforge

[frowningfox]

Get studied, weasel. Just some warmup weasel sketches.

[justvulturethings]

Mink skulls: male and female comparison sets! I have I think 3 in stock, $65 each. No glue or strong chemicals used whatsoever, so jaws/teeth might be loose

[doomweaselart]

Introduction time!

Hi, my name's Spike (DoomWeasel),

I like to draw Skulls, DarkArt, Animals and Wildlife with my trusty ballpoint pens.

I'm new to Tumblr so I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing yet!

But I'll be gradually adding in my art over the next few days.

[taxtiles]

Some still photographs of the polecat form I’ve created. Commission work nfs. #polecat #taxidermy #taxidermist #mustelid #gothic #naturalhistory #wip #skull #cool #wildlife #nature https://www.instagram.com/p/Co0TbV9KXDl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[pacificremains]

Old lady wolverine skull. Some of those teeth had been missing a long time. Last picture is her with one of my giant males.

[seydjk]

Gnarly, awfully natured, dangerous, sly and probably stinky old vampire is out in the woods in a hurry to find tasty looking friends! Be warned, he doesn't even leave bones behind. Old mustelid walks this earth terrorizing critters alongside with his attractive partner. His claws are sharp and his teeth are for bite, he wants you flesh and your beautiful skull for his collection. Grell loves leathery accessories with his trophies attached to them, most of his "wardrobe" was generously gifted to him by his boyfriend.

Amazing vampire idea belongs to @heremob, original character designs belongs to me. Following HTF character design for Grell was made by me, his partner - by @heremob

[heremob]

Top coolest animals that i REALLY like (reminder i'm not a specialist/biologist or anything, i'm just super into researching animals! so if you have anything to add or anything to correct feel free to do so! i love learning :D)

Those fellas are super cool looking! they are called the vampire deers! those are a group of species that aren't necessaraly true deers, that name is given for deer lookin mammals! Thats why the Mouse-Deer (That isnt a true deer) is in the Vampire deer group because of their lil fangs

But its mainly associated with musk deers (that if im not mistaken aren't true deers) or the barking Deer! (That do have antlers unlike most vampire deers that only have their fangs >:D) that are in fact true deers.

Wolverines / skunk bear / glutton / woods devil /carcaju and etc Those angry devils, incredibly cool dudes. Even tho they look like little bears they are mustelids! a family that includes otters, weasels, badgers, ferrets and etc. Just like their cousins they are ANGY really angy >:( so don't get close because they DON'T wanna be friends (they are hard to find in the wild so that is already really hard to happen)

Starting with their habilities, since they live in extremly cold places, they developed over the years a thicc hidrophobic oily fur! basically they are 💥ANTI-WATER💥 to adapt tho those really snowy environments and survive! and also avoid heat loos because of the blood of their prey/water. They also have incredbly good smelling habilities, let's just say that isn't easy getting food in that deadly cold, they do in fact have a vast food menu that goes to fruits and dead bodies but that's not easy to find! so they have a incredibly sensitive nose to track their great meals, dosen't matter if it is freezed, they have teeth and claws made to rip off that cold meat! Personally they are my favourite mustelids :3 lov yapping about them

PINK FAIRY ARMADILLO! Look at this silly, they are the smallest armadillos in the world (around, they are super cute.

But its hard to know much about them because they don't have much info but ill try!

Why they are pink? They are this collor because of their blood vessels that are close to their shell, and that with their white fur helps them with their body temperature since they live in really hot places on Argentina's center. (un beso a mis hermanos de argentina)

But do not be mistaken because they are GREAT scavengers because of their big claws.

Smilodon Populator I myself am a big fan of ancient felines (such as machairodus and cave lions) BUT I SPECIALLY LOVE THE SMILODON because guess what? The first ever fossil of a Smilodon was found in Brazil!

Enough of yapping about Brazil and more Smilodon yapping, specially the Smilodon populator aka the biggest saber-tooth species in history! They lived during the pleistocene period (Pleistos + kainos) and those kittens lived along-side humans! Aw, How cute.

But you see, those sabers aren't really that effective, they needeed to hunt their preys surgically, trow them on the ground with their big paws, and kill them by bleeding with a SPECIFIC bite on the prey's neck, probably, because of that their sabers would break alot, thats why most of the skulls are found with one loosing tooth.

Even tho they are called the Saber-Toothed Tigers they aren't close to tigers because they are not on the True panther (phantheranae) family or ""True big cat family"' so i can say, they are on a extinct sub-family named "Machairodontinae" not close to True Big cats or Avarge Cats (felinae) even.

[thisisnotthenerd]

this episode of burrow's end? astounding.

aabria iyengar said i'm bringing a whole new level to the game for my first miniatures season. incredible. the maxis/set pieces this season? phenomenal work by the art department. she said i'm bringing everything to bear for this one and they said we can do that literally.

anyway, the episode:

ava waking up, immediately walking in on a war meeting, meeting the director (kiran), teasing bennett about tula, and finding out about truck.

thorn and viola talking about what they are doing as a couple and as a new family

tula trying to make a parent connection with meredith but jaysohn & lila spilling the beans immediately.

being tagged by population control (the coppers). all of the conspiring going on inside of the burrow while taking a bath. tracking down sybil. oliver and teedles fucking.

lila being so on the ball with those investigation crits this episode to find reactor charlie and solve the puzzle.

tula immediately killing the guard. the old tula's back and by the blue she is afraid and angry.

wolf skull and human skull in the reactor and that stoat has canine and human teeth instead of mustelid teeth. hm.

the kids failing the wisdom save to not jump into the reactor. tula slamming lila to the ground.

the stakes of the thorn whip roll. watching jaysohn appear in the blue? the editors said maximum tension for you, maximum tension for you, maximum tension for all of you.

and then he rolls a 14. jasper escaping the brian murphy dice curse could not have happened in a better episode.

and now they're making dex saves and finding their way into the reactor. i cannot wait for the next episode of burrow's end. rapidly making it's way up the list of my favorite sidequests, if not near the top already.

i started this episode by updating the runtime in the spreadsheet and now i'm going insane over this episode. every single one in this season has been an episode of all time. all star players. all star gm. all star art department. all star editors. all star production.

[shadyufo]

itty bitty ermine skull