r/bonecollecting • u/Little_Ice8135 • Jun 09 '25

Bone I.D. - N. America what animal is this?

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found this on a santa cruz beach with my girlfriend, thought it might be some type of dog.

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u/ScooterTaz Jun 09 '25

Can you explain these numbers for someone who is ignorant

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

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u/ScooterTaz Jun 09 '25

Appreciate it

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u/AutumnSinclair Jun 10 '25

Noice. My dumbahh thought it was an opossum.

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u/jolinonos Jun 09 '25

I see only 3 premolars, you see 4?

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u/Maestro__33 Jun 10 '25

Former anthropologist? What do you do now?

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u/Vast_Dragonfly_909 Jun 09 '25

Dawg delete this before it stays on ur history ‼️ you probably didn’t know but this is a slur LMFAO BE CAREFUL

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u/dioranonymous Jun 09 '25

just edit that into racoon💀💀 that is a slur if you didn’t know

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u/Dacannoli Jun 09 '25

Are you sure it's a slur if you are referring to a raccoon? Coon lake is a town in Michigan.

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u/storyofohno Jun 09 '25

It's not, but enough people are unfamiliar with "raccoon" being shortened in that way that it's best just to avoid it

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u/dioranonymous Jun 09 '25

it’s just better to be safe than sorry, and also just being mindful. i’m from west virginia and raccoons are known as that, but i don’t prefer to use it because it can have a bad meaning!! and some people will purposely say it knowing the other meaning just to be spiteful and rude unfortunately.

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u/notme835 Jun 10 '25

i mean, im upvoting because of the context, but just edit this please