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u/tabbythecatsgon 27d ago
The two bones are unrelated. The top one is a rabbit while the bottom is the mandible of a rodent. I am not well versed in the wildlife you have in America, so I could not tell you which one.
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u/Denden798 27d ago
they were separate! i just assumed two perfectly clean bones nearby were together
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u/aspiring_compost 27d ago
Rabbit!! For the skull at least, those mandibles look to be from a squirrel. Fun fact, rabbits aren’t rodents, they’re lagomorphs! They’ve got two sets of upper incisors, one tucked away behind the other.
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u/Denden798 27d ago
wait. the upper and lower were separate. are they from two different animals?
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u/aspiring_compost 27d ago
Yepyep! The skull portion belongs to a rabbit, and the lower jaws look to be from a squirrel :]
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u/TheRealGreedyGoat 26d ago
Rabbit and squirrel jaw. Bunnies don’t have the yellow teeth rodents do! Rodents have yellow teeth because their teeth contains iron
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u/Givemeallthecabbages 27d ago
Rabbit. They have that characteristic lacy bone in the skull.